After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.
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Title: The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Suzy Amis | ... | Jo Monaghan | |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Frank Badger | |
| Ian McKellen | ... | Percy Corcoran | |
| David Chung | ... | Tinman Wong | |
| Heather Graham | ... | Mary Addie | |
| Rene Auberjonois | ... | Streight Hollander | |
| Carrie Snodgress | ... | Ruth Badger | |
| Anthony Heald | ... | Henry Grey | |
| Melissa Leo | ... | Mrs. Grey | |
| Sam Robards | ... | Jasper Hill | |
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Olinda Turturro | ... | Elvira |
| Ruth Maleczech | ... | Shopkeeper | |
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Jeffrey Andrews | ... | Sam |
| Cathy Haase | ... | Mrs. Addie | |
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Peadair S. Addie Sr. | ... | Mr. Addie |
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Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid nineteenth century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to his child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his secret? Written by Martin Lewison <lewison@pitt.edu>
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title directed by female | mining | f rated | death of hero | death of protagonist |Taglines:
In the Wild West, a woman had only two choices. She could be a wife or she could be a whore... Josephine Monaghan chose to be a man.Parents Guide:
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Little Jo Monaghan: Me. Can you imagine?
Tinman Wong: I like you much better as your are.
Little Jo Monaghan: Why?
Tinman Wong: This white girl would never do this to me.
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When Jo pulls the money out of the pouch in the general store, the way she holds the money and pouch changes in the next shot. See more »Quotes
Tinman Wong: Who is this society?Little Jo Monaghan: Me. Can you imagine?
Tinman Wong: I like you much better as your are.
Little Jo Monaghan: Why?
Tinman Wong: This white girl would never do this to me.
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Referenced in At the Movies: Bad Girls/The Inkwell/Naked in New York/Brainscan/Surviving the Game (1994) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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20 August 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$20,773, 22 August 1993Gross USA:
$543,091Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$543,091Company Credits
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I remember watching Suzy Amis in The Usual Suspects and several other films. She is perfectly casted in the main part of the picture. An outcast by her Eastern family she tries to live out West. Facing hardships going West, she buy men's clothes and live in a mining town as a man. One of the best portrayal in a movie with a woman standing her ground.