Cry-Baby

Cry-Baby (1990)

Allison is a "square" good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or "Drape" in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the '50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class boundaries to get Allison back.
DIRECTOR: John Waters
WRITERS: John Waters
CAST: Johnny Depp as Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker
Also starring: Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords and more.

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