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Born Innocent

  • TV Movie
  • 1974
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.1K
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Born Innocent (1974)
Drama

Young girl runs away from her abusive family only to end up in a juvenile detention center for girls where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker sho... Read allYoung girl runs away from her abusive family only to end up in a juvenile detention center for girls where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.Young girl runs away from her abusive family only to end up in a juvenile detention center for girls where she's raped and brutalized by her sadistic peers. Only one honest social worker shows interest in helping her.

  • Director
    • Donald Wrye
  • Writers
    • Creighton Brown Burnham
    • Gerald Di Pego
  • Stars
    • Linda Blair
    • Joanna Miles
    • Allyn Ann McLerie
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Donald Wrye
    • Writers
      • Creighton Brown Burnham
      • Gerald Di Pego
    • Stars
      • Linda Blair
      • Joanna Miles
      • Allyn Ann McLerie
    • 31User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)
    Linda Blair in Born Innocent (1974)

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    Linda Blair
    Linda Blair
    • Chris Parker
    Joanna Miles
    Joanna Miles
    • Counselor Barbara Clark
    Allyn Ann McLerie
    Allyn Ann McLerie
    • Emma Lasko
    Mary Murphy
    Mary Murphy
    • Miss Murphy
    Janit Baldwin
    Janit Baldwin
    • Denny
    Nora Heflin
    • Moco
    Tina Andrews
    Tina Andrews
    • Josie
    Sandra Ego
    • Janet
    Mitch Vogel
    Mitch Vogel
    • Tom Parker
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Mr. Parker
    Kim Hunter
    Kim Hunter
    • Mrs. Parker
    Janice Lorraine Garcia
    • Child at Funeral
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Donald Wrye
    • Writers
      • Creighton Brown Burnham
      • Gerald Di Pego
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    • Trivia
      After the edited re-airings in the 1980s, the movie disappeared from circulation completely. In 2004 VCI Entertainment released it on DVD with the rape scene intact, the first time it had been seen by the general public in 30 years.
    • Goofs
      When Chris first comes out of the shower stall at the bequest of Denny (waving a toilet brush) and Moco, the two girls are standing close together to Chris's right and left, but a longer shot of Chris peering around them shows Denny further down from the stall.
    • Quotes

      Chris Parker: [to Moco] Congratulations. The baby is dead.

    • Alternate versions
      European release includes rape with a plunger-handle scene cut from US version.
    • Connections
      Featured in E! True Hollywood Story: Linda Blair (1999)

    User reviews31

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    Blair can really act, I mean, really act and it is because she has that very special talent...
    I first saw this movie on television during the fall of 1974 and I really enjoyed watching this very much. This is about a 14-year-old girl who is already in trouble with the law and has to spend time in prison.

    Linda Blair plays the role of Chris Parker, who is supposedly a good kid, but does not seem to stay out of trouble. She is picked up by law enforcement officers and is sent to a women's prison where she gets her first experience at being physically assaulted. She did get out of prison on parole, but is soon sent back because her parents (Kim Hunter and Richard Jaeckel) could not trust her because money was missing from her mother's wallet and Blair is immediately suspected. At that point, Blair becomes very hardened and not because of her parent's accusations, but because of spending time in prison.

    Blair comes in contact with a counselor, (Mary Murphy) who she confides in and began telling her stories of how she was treated very badly and had that woman in tears, but soon enough, the woman learns that this young girl is not what she claims to be after learning what happened while she was on parole and confronted her about this.

    Kim Hunter played the role of Blair's movie mom Mrs. Parker and has done a very superb job in playing this role. She was a housewife who stayed at home and sat in her recliner watching television and smoking cigarettes.

    Richard Jaeckel played the role of Blair's movie dad and did a very superb job in playing this. He behaved much like any father to his own daughter. He was the one who played in the 1976 movie "Jaws Of Death." He played the role of the sociopath who raised approximately 20 sharks and commanding them to kill.

    Mary Murphy did a superb job in playing the role of the prison counselor Miss Murphy. She did her lines to perfection and nothing was out of place.

    I do have to say that Linda Blair did a superb job in her role as young Chris Parker. She was only 15 years old, but played as a 14-year-old and everything she did was perfect! She has starred in other movies like "The Exorcist," and "Sara T." In her other 1974 movie "Sara T" she played the role of a very young alcoholic who experienced alot of problems in her life. Blair can really act, I mean, really act and it is because she has that very special talent. This is the beginning of something very special for miss Blair. Now she will do some nice films like Savage Streets, Chained Heat, Night Patrol, Savage Island and many others. I like when she is nude.

    Director Donald Wrye has really done a great job in directing this movie. He has directed all of the scenes very well and despite of the scenes that were violent, they were well managed.

    This is a movie that teenagers and their parents should watch. This gives insight of how even parents who have provided a very good home for their teenagers can wind up in the same situation as Chris Parker's parents.
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    • May 12, 2003

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nacida inocente
    • Filming locations
      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
    • Production company
      • Tomorrow Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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