Where to watch The Baby (1973) tonight
The Baby (1973) runs 1 h 24 min, is rated PG in the US and averages 5.9 from 98 TMDB members. 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.
- Runtime
- 1 h 24 min — ends 9:24 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
- Rated
- PG (US)
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Released
- March 1, 1973
- TMDB rating
- 5.9 / 10 from 98 votes
- Director
- Ted Post
- Starring
- Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor
- Language
- English
Where to watch it tonight
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Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-05: Amazon Prime Video (subscription), Night Flight Plus (subscription), Fandor Amazon Channel (subscription), Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription), Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel (subscription), Kanopy (free), Fawesome (free), Philo (free with ads), The Roku Channel (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads (free with ads), Cineverse (free with ads), Midnight Pulp (free with ads), Amazon MX Player (free with ads).
Questions people ask
- How long is The Baby?
- The Baby is 1 h 24 min long (84 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:24 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
- What is The Baby rated?
- The Baby is rated PG in the US.
- Is The Baby a good movie to watch with a group?
- Yes — a crowd movie. Horror and Thriller hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.
- Where can I stream The Baby?
- In the US, as of 2026-11-05: Amazon Prime Video (subscription), Night Flight Plus (subscription), Fandor Amazon Channel (subscription), Amazon Prime Video with Ads (subscription), Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel (subscription), Kanopy (free), Fawesome (free), Philo (free with ads), The Roku Channel (free with ads), Plex (free with ads), Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads (free with ads), Cineverse (free with ads), Midnight Pulp (free with ads), Amazon MX Player (free with ads). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).
Lists it could be on
- Horror movies under 90 minutes
- Thrillers under 100 minutes
- Movies from the 70s
- The most-rated movies on TMDB
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