The Best Little Girl in the World
A drama of anorexia nervosa. A movie that just might save your child's life.
1981 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Sam O'Steen |
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| Writer: | Steven Levenkron |
| Staring: |
| Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures. | |
| Release Date: | May 11, 1981 |
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| Director: | Sam O'Steen |
| Writer: | Steven Levenkron |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | anorexia |
| Production Companies | Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Charles Durning | Frank Powell |
| Eva Marie Saint | Joanne Powell |
| Jennifer Jason Leigh | Casey Powell |
| Melanie Mayron | Carol Link |
| Lisa Pelikan | Gail Powell |
| Viveca Lindfors | Madame Seurat |
| David Spielberg | Dr. Garrett |
| Jason Miller | Clay Orlovsky |
| Richard Venture | Dr. Neil Holzer |
| Lenora May | Julie |
| Laurence Lau | Mark |
| Michael Dudikoff | Chuck |
| Stephanie Cannon | Mary |
| Ally Sheedy | 1st Girl |
| Andrea Pope | Michelle, the Cheerleader |
| Richard Milholland | Dr. Norman |
| Jonathan Estrin | Dr. Shuster |
| Lang Yun | Nurse Prine |
| Pat Corley | Store Manager |
| Enid Kent | 1st Nurse |
| Gwen Van Dam | O.R. Nurse |
| Ruth Silveira | 2nd Nurse |
| Marilyn Coleman | Emergency Room Nurse |
| Paul Laurence | Respiratory Therapist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam O'Steen | Director |
| Billy Goldenberg | Music |
| David Moessinger | Teleplay |
| Steven Levenkron | Novel |
| Michael D. Margulies | Director of Photography |
| Barbara Dies | Editor |
| Paul Sylos | Art Direction |
| Larry Warwick | Art Direction |
| Norman Rockett | Set Decoration |
| Nolan Miller | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lynn Loring | Producer |
| Aaron Spelling | Executive Producer |
| Douglas S. Cramer | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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