The Ballad of Little Jo Summary, Review, Cast & Crew

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The Ballad of Little Jo
Running Time: 120 min.
Box Office: / $339,827
Sound By: Dolby
Produced By: / Fine Line Features / New Line Cinema

Summary:
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 b... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Suzy Amis (Little Jo Monaghan)
Bo Hopkins (Frank Badger)
Ian McKellen (Percy Corcoran)
David Chung (Tinman Wong)
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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 ... Continue >>