Baby Love
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alastair Reid
Ann Lynn
Keith Barron
Linda Hayden
Derek Lamden
Diana Dors
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Returning to her Merseyside slum home one afternoon, 15-year-old Luci Thompson discovers that her mother, Liz, has committed suicide because of terminal cancer. Before slashing her wrists in a steam-filled bathroom, Liz has left a letter to her former lover, Robert Quayle, now a successful doctor in a London suburb, asking him to take care of her illegitimate daughter Luci. Taking pity on the youngster, Robert and his wife, Amy, bring Luci into their home and treat her as one of the family. Luci's desperate need for love and the shock of going from a poverty-stricken environment to one of wealth, causes her to create havoc in the Quayles' home. She flagrantly flirts with the Quayles' teenaged son, Nicholas, coyly teases Robert by reminding him of her mother, and awakens Amy's latent lesbianism by sleeping with her in order to avoid recurring nightmares. Warned by Nicholas that she may be sent away, Luci offers her naked body to Robert but is rejected. Enraged, she slashes her face with a fork as Nicholas watches from a distance. Later, when the boy tries to wash away the revulsion he feels by taking a shower, Luci enters the bathroom. Associating the steam-filled room with her mother's death, Luci attacks Nicholas, and, as he slips unconscious to the tile floor, she confuses him with her mother and begins to sob. Once Nicholas has been moved to a hospital, the Quayles vow that Luci must leave their house. Luci, however, cunningly exposes the sexual hold she has over Amy and forces Robert to admit that he, too, is attracted to her. Confident that the Quayles lack the courage to evict her, Luci changes into a seductive dress and brazenly flirts with a neighbor, when he and his wife stop by for drinks.
Director
Alastair Reid
Cast
Ann Lynn
Keith Barron
Linda Hayden
Derek Lamden
Diana Dors
Patience Collier
Dick Emery
Sheila Steafel
Sally Stephens
Timothy Carlton
Christopher Witty
Vernon Dobtcheff
Michael Lewis
Julian Barnes
Patsy Snell
Linbert Spencer
Troy Dante
Crew
Tokenam Aw
Ann Box
Guido Coen
Guido Coen
Ray Corbett
Desmond Dickinson
John Glen
David Griffith
Max Harris
Harry Haynes
Enrico Intra
Michael Klinger
Michael Klinger
Klinger-shipman
Joseph E. Levine
Scott Macgregor
Brian Marshall
Bunty Phillips
Alastair Reid
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in and around London. Released in London in March 1969; running time: 93 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring March 19, 1969
Released in United States Spring March 19, 1969
