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The Ballad of Little Jo

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The Ballad of Little Jo
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2hrs 0min
Genre:
Western
Release:
1993
Director:
Maggie Greenwald
Distributor:
New Line Home Video
Starring:
Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen  ...more
Synopsis: The Ballad of Little Jo is based on a true story -- several true stories, in fact. Suzy Amis plays demure young Josephine Monagan, who in 1866 is run out of her home town after bearing an illegitimate child. Fleeing westward, Josephine is terrified by stories of how treacherous the frontier can be for a woman alone. As a result, upon arriving in the muddy burg of Ruby City, she disguises herself as a man, going so far as to scar her face to suggest that she's been in a few scrapes. In this guise, ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Turning the feminist point of view askew, this film offers the premise that the only way a woman could prosper in the frontier West with any dignity was to disguise herself as a man. The fact is, given the constrictions on women at the time, this was likely the only means of prospering for a woman anywhere in America. But Little Jo, née Josephine Monaghan, has a better chance of concealing her identity ... Full Review
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Suzy Amis
Little Jo Monaghan
Bo Hopkins
Frank Badger
Ian McKellen
Percy Corcoran
David Chung
Tinman Wong
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