Hey Babe! (1980 film)

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Hey Babe!
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VHS cover, using the title Babe!
Directed by Rafal Zielinski
Written byEdith Rey
Produced byArthur Veronka
Starring Yasmine Bleeth
Buddy Hackett
CinematographyPeter Czerski
Edited byAvdé Chiriaeff
Distributed by Canadian Film Development Corporation
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)(Canada)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Hey Babe!, also known as Babe! and also known as Rise and Shine, is a 1980 film, a musical drama starring Yasmine Bleeth and Buddy Hackett. This was Yasmine's first film at the age of 12 years.

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Plot

Theresa O'Brian is a 12-year-old orphan who desperately wants to attend a school for the performing arts and become a star. She is not receiving encouragement at the orphanage and is getting into trouble with the orphanage officials due to her infractions of the rules and regulations.

In one of her unauthorized adventures away from the orphanage, she meets and befriends Sammy Cohen who was a Vaudeville performer who became an alcoholic and lost his career. He is interested in renewing his career and has faith in Theresa's ability, and together they develop an act called "Buddy and Babe" in order to raise money for Theresa's tuition.

Cast

Shot in 1979, the film was released in 1983, by which time the film's "TV Singer" Geraldine Hunt had scored a 1980 Billboard National Disco Action Top 100 number-one hit with "Can't Fake the Feeling".

Production credits


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