Rosemary's Baby (film) Rosemary's Baby (film) Rosemary's Baby is a 1968 American psychological horror film written and directed by Roman Polanski, based on "Rosemary's Baby" by Ira Levin. The cast features Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans, Ralph Bellamy, Angela Dorian, Clay Tanner, and, in his feature film debut, Charles Grodin. The film chronicles the story of a pregnant woman who suspects that an evil cult wants to take her baby for use in their rituals. "Rosemary's Baby" deals with themes related to paranoia, women's liberation, Christianity (Catholicism), and the occult. The film earned almost universal acclaim from film
Rosemary's Baby (film) bigger name was needed for the lead. Mia Farrow – with only a supporting role in "Guns at Batasi" (1964) and the then-unreleased "A Dandy in Aspic" (1968) as her only feature film credits – had an unproven box office track record, but her role as Allison MacKenzie in the popular television series "Peyton Place" and her unexpected marriage to Frank Sinatra had made her a household name. Patty Duke auditioned for the role of Rosemary Woodhouse but lost out to Mia Farrow. Despite her waif-like appearance (which would ultimately prove beneficial, as Rosemary became more frail as her pregnancy