The Baby

Mar 1, 1973

1h 24m

★ 5.9

What goes on in this nursery isn't for kids!

Overview

A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first - consisting of the mother, two grown daughters and the diaper-clad, bottle-sucking baby. The problem is, the baby is twenty-one years old.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Quintet Productions

The Baby Trailers

Cast

Ann Gentry

Anjanette Comer

Alba Wadsworth

Susanne Zenor

Mrs. Wadsworth

Ruth Roman

Germaine Wadsworth

Marianna Hill

Doctor

Tod Andrews

Dennis

Michael Pataki

Baby Wadsworth

David Mooney

Judith

Beatrice Manley

(uncredited)

Virginia Vincent

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