The Ballad of Little Jo

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The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 American Western drama film about a woman who disguises herself as a man to survive in the harsh, male-dominated frontier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
basedOn loosely based on true events
castMember Anthony Heald NERFINISHED
Bo Hopkins NERFINISHED
Carrie Snodgress NERFINISHED
David Chung NERFINISHED
Heather Graham NERFINISHED
Ian McKellen NERFINISHED
Melissa Leo NERFINISHED
René Auberjonois NERFINISHED
Ruth Maleczech NERFINISHED
Sam Robards NERFINISHED
Suzy Amis NERFINISHED
Tom Bower NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Declan Quinn NERFINISHED
composer David Mansfield NERFINISHED
costumeDesigner Jess Goldstein NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Maggie Greenwald NERFINISHED
distributor Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
editor Keith Reamer NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Montana NERFINISHED
genre Western
drama
hasSetting frontier town in the American West
inspiredBy life of Josephine Monaghan
leadActor Suzy Amis NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Josephine Monaghan NERFINISHED
mainCharacterAlsoKnownAs Little Jo NERFINISHED
notableFor portrayal of a woman living as a man in the Old West
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A woman disguises herself as a man to survive in the male-dominated American frontier.
productionType independent film
protagonistBiologicalSex female
protagonistGenderPresentation male disguise
releaseDecade 1990s
releaseYear 1993
runtimeMinutes 121
screenwriter Maggie Greenwald NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 19th century American West
theme disguise
female independence
gender identity
survival

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Suzy Amis Cameron filmAppearance The Ballad of Little Jo
Declan Quinn workedOn The Ballad of Little Jo