The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
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.
Starring Suzy Amis, Bo Hopkins, Ian McKellen
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
Based on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate 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/her secret?
Runtime: 121 min.
Rating: 5.7
DVD
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Romance,Western
Keywords: gun,mining,death,woman director
Cast
Josephine 'Jo' Monaghan
Frank Badger
Percy Corcoran
Tinman Wong
Mary Addie
Streight Hollander
Ruth Badger
Henry Grey
Beatrice Grey
Jasper Hill
Lyle Hogg