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The Baby is a 1973 cult horror film directed by Ted Post and starring Anjanette Comer, Tod Andrews, and Marianna Hill. The film follows the bizarre story of the Wadsworth family, who have been keeping their son "Baby" in a state of permanent infancy. The central character is Ann Gentry (Anjanette Comer), a social worker who becomes interested in the Wadsworth family when she hears rumors that they have been mistreating their son.

As Ann begins to investigate the Wadsworths, she comes to realize that the family is even stranger than she had initially thought. The father, Mr. Wadsworth (Tod Andrews), is an eccentric man who is obsessed with keeping his son in a childlike state. The mother, Mrs. Wadsworth (Ruth Roman), is a domineering woman who seems to have some sort of hold over her husband. Then there is Baby himself, a twenty-one-year-old man who still wears diapers and sleeps in a crib.

Ann's investigations reveal that the Wadsworths have been receiving state welfare payments for Baby for years, claiming that he is mentally handicapped and unable to care for himself. However, Ann discovers that Baby is actually highly intelligent and capable of speaking. She also comes to understand that there may be a sinister reason behind the Wadsworths' strange behavior towards their son.

As Ann continues to probe deeper into the Wadsworth's past, she begins to uncover a web of lies and secrets that threaten to destroy the family. She discovers that the Wadsworths had another child, who died mysteriously when he was a baby. It becomes clear that Mrs. Wadsworth has been trying to replace the dead child with Baby, keeping him in a permanent state of infancy so that she can relive the experience of having a baby.

As the film progresses, the tension builds to a terrifying climax in which Ann finds herself trapped in the Wadsworth house with Baby and his deranged mother. The Baby is a disturbing and unsettling film that explores the limits of human depravity and the lengths to which people will go to satisfy their twisted desires. It is a classic of the horror genre, and a must-see for fans of psychological thrillers.

The Baby is a 1973 thriller with a runtime of 1 hour and 29 minutes.