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Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

  • Status: Released
  • 12-06-1968
  • Runtime: 138 min
  • Score: 7.826
  • Vote count: 4068

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Mia Farrow

Rosemary Woodhouse

John Cassavetes

Guy Woodhouse

Ruth Gordon

Minnie Castevet

Sidney Blackmer

Roman Castevet

Maurice Evans

Hutch

Ralph Bellamy

Dr. Sapirstein

Victoria Vetri

Terry

Patsy Kelly

Laura-Louise

Elisha Cook Jr.

Mr. Nicklas

Emmaline Henry

Elise Dunstan

Charles Grodin

Dr. Hill

Hanna Landy

Grace Cardiff

Phil Leeds

Dr. Shand

D'Urville Martin

Diego

Hope Summers

Mrs. Gilmore

Marianne Gordon

Rosemary's Girl Friend

Wende Wagner

Rosemary's Girl Friend

William Castle

Phone Booth Man (uncredited)

Tony Curtis

Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)

Clay Tanner

The Devil (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Mrs. Sabatini (uncredited)

Jean Inness

Sister Agnes (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

Mr. Wees (uncredited)

Mona Knox

Mrs. Byron (uncredited)

Craig Littler

Jimmy (uncredited)

Patricia O'Neal

Mrs. Wees (uncredited)

Carol Brewster

Claudia Comfort (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Mr. Fountain (uncredited)

George R. Robertson

Lou Comfort (uncredited)

Elmer Modlin

Young Man (uncredited)

Rutanya Alda

Dr. Hill's Answering Service (voice) (uncredited)

Sharon Tate

Party Guest (uncredited)

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I've never found Mia Farrow to be a very versatile actor, but she certainly delivers the best performance of her career in this gripping story of Satanic manipulation. "Rosemary" is married to "Guy" (John Cassavetes) and they live in one of those lovely great buildings that overlook New York's Central Park. Their neighbours are a bit eccentric, to day the least, with "Minnie" (the almost perfect Ruth Gordon) and "Roman" (Sidney Blackmer) chief amongst those who take an increasing interest in this couple when it appears that a baby is on the way. Gradually, she begins to suspect that something is amiss with not just her pregnancy, but with her marital relationship as she seems to see less and less of those previously close to her and becomes little better than a prisoner in her own apartment. She is becoming increasingly paranoid, confused and resentful of a seemingly indofferent husband who seems content to let just about everyone interfere as the due date approaches. This is also Roman Polanski at his best as he manages to amalgamate the sinister and the coercive with the religiosity of a story that exudes menace and panic whilst also calling into question established societal values around faith and trust. It's almost claustrophobic by design, and their small apartment soon takes on the mantle of a cell occupied by a woman who is very much not in control of her own destiny - whichever way she tries to turn, and with the careful use of a score from Christopher Komeda that could rival Bernard Herrmann then we have a story of visceral fear that looks great on a big screen. Gripping and genuinely quite terrifying at times, it's amongst the best of this genre.