"In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother."
Brooke Shields
as Violet
Keith Carradine
as Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
as Hattie
Frances Faye
as Nell
Antonio Fargas
as Professor
Matthew Anton
as Red Top
Diana Scarwid
as Frieda
Barbara Steele
as Josephine
Gerrit Graham
as Highpockets
Don Hood
as Alfred Fuller
Seret Scott
as Flora
Cheryl Markowitz
as Gussie
Susan Manskey
as Fanny
Laura Zimmerman
as Agnes
Miz Mary
as Odette
Mae Mercer
as Mama Mosebery
Pat Perkins
as Ola Mae
Von Eric Thomas
as Nonny
Sasha Holliday
as Justine
Lisa Shames
as Antonia
Henry Braden
as Harry
Patrick M. Burke
as Fanny's Customer
C.C. Courtney
as Naval Officer
Joe Catalanotto
as Hattie's Customer
Philip H. Sizeler
as Senator
Don Lutenbacher
as Violet's First Customer
Hobe May
as Farmer
Stocker Fontelieu
as Brothel Patron (uncredited)
Bill Holliday
as Gussie's Client (uncredited)
Louis Malle
Story
Director
Polly Platt
Screenplay
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
Production Manager
Gary Chason
Casting Director
Tony Wade
Unit Production Manager
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Suzanne Fenn
Editor
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Trevor Williams
Production Design
Donald F. Johnson
Sound Mixer
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
Associate Producer
Skip Godwin
Sound Engineer
Charlene Roberson
Producer
Charlene Johnson
Hairstylist
Mateel Hoppe
Assistant Editor
Kid Thomas
Musician
Al Rose
Researcher
Bob Greene
Donald Heitzer
Assistant Director
Toby Lovallo
Second Assistant Director
Raymond Burke
Jelly Roll Morton
Additional Music
Greg Van Dyke
Transportation Coordinator
John M. Poer
Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography
Alice Miller
Michael McGowan
Camera Operator
Mark Wade
Property Master
Alan Greedy
Script Supervisor
Mina Mittelman
Costume Supervisor
Ruth Blakeslee
Louis Cottrell
Suzanne Baron
Supervising Editor
Jerry Wexler
Music Supervisor