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Cry-Baby
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
1990 · Directed by John Waters · 85 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Good girls want him bad. Bad girls want him worse.
Crew
- Written by: John Waters
- Cinematography: David Insley
- Edited by: Janice Hampton
- Music: Patrick Williams
- Production design: Vincent Peranio
- Produced by: Rachel Talalay
Cast
- Johnny Depp as Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
- Amy Locane as Allison Vernon-Williams
- Susan Tyrrell as Ramona Rickettes
- Stephen Mailer as Baldwin
- Iggy Pop as Belvedere Rickettes
- Ricki Lake as Pepper Walker
- Traci Lords as Wanda Woodward
- Darren E. Burrows as Milton Hackett
- Kim McGuire as Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski
- Polly Bergen as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
- Budget: $11,000,000
- Box office: $8,266,343
- Themes: prison, rock 'n' roll, jealousy, stage, musical, arrest, singer, tears, juvenile delinquent
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