A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Costume
1950s delinquent drag dialed to insane eleven.
Acting
Depp's single perfect tear— Academy worthy, ignored.
Director
John Waters
Johnny Depp
Wade 'Cry-Baby' Walker
Amy Locane
Allison Vernon-Williams
Susan Tyrrell
Ramona Rickettes
Iggy Pop
Belvedere Rickettes
Ricki Lake
Pepper Walker
Traci Lords
Wanda Woodward
Stephen Mailer
Baldwin
Darren E. Burrows
Milton Hackett
Kim McGuire
Mona 'Hatchet-Face' Malnorowski
Polly Bergen
Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Patricia Hearst
Wanda's Mother
David Nelson
Wanda's Father
Troy Donahue
Hatchet's Father
Mink Stole
Hatchet's Mother
Joe Dallesandro
Milton's Father
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Waters cast Traci Lords fresh from her underage porn scandal controversy, a deliberate provocation that only he could get away with.
This was Depp's deliberate 'anti-teen heartthrob' move after 21 Jump Street— he wanted to burn his poster-boy image with Waters' gasoline.
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