Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

Oct 31, 1991

1h 51m

★ 5.3

One love. Two lives. She could sell her body, but not her heart.

Overview

Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Vision PDG

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue Trailers

Cast

Blue McDonald

Nina Siemaszko

Elle

Wendy Hughes

Ham McDonald

Tom Skerritt

Sully

Robert Davi

Joshua Winslow

Brent David Fraser

Senator Dixon

Christopher McDonald

Jules

Joe Dallesandro

Capt. Edwards

Casey Sander

Colon. Winslow

Stafford Morgan

J.J. Clark

Don Bloomfield

Mona

Liane Curtis

Ruth

Bridgit Ryan

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