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The Baby

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The Baby
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NR,1hr 25min
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1972
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Scotia International
Synopsis: TV-movie perennial Ted Post served as director for the low-budget theatrical feature The Baby. Ruth Roman plays a boozy nutcase who, out of hatred for the husband who ran out on her years earlier, forces her teenaged son (David Manzy) to dress and behave like an infant. Social worker Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer), understandably put off by the sight of a fully grown boy chewing on his toes in a playpen, sets about to rescue him. When sinister forces try to claim the "baby" from Ann, she resorts to ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
The Baby is the kind of queasy thriller that could only have been born in the psychosexually sick '70s. Quite possibly the only exploitation of infantilism to hit the screen (aside from some specialty porn titles), it still stands up as an engaging sleaze flick and retains its power to disturb. When a social worker challenges the Wadsworth family for the legal guardianship of a 21-year-old man in diapers, ... Full Review
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