The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)

A drama of anorexia nervosa. A movie that just might save your child's life.

  • Genre: TV Movie, Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-05-11
  • User Rating: 4.5/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Aaron Spelling Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sam O'Steen
star 4.5/10
From 4 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Charles Durning

    as Frank Powell
  • Eva Marie Saint

    as Joanne Powell
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh

    as Casey Powell
  • Melanie Mayron

    as Carol Link
  • Lisa Pelikan

    as Gail Powell
  • Viveca Lindfors

    as Madame Seurat
  • David Spielberg

    as Dr. Garrett
  • Jason Miller

    as Clay Orlovsky
  • Richard Venture

    as Dr. Neil Holzer
  • Lenora May

    as Julie
  • Laurence Lau

    as Mark
  • Michael Dudikoff

    as Chuck
  • Stephanie Cannon

    as Mary
  • Ally Sheedy

    as 1st Girl
  • Andrea Pope

    as Michelle, the Cheerleader
  • Richard Milholland

    as Dr. Norman
  • Jonathan Estrin

    as Dr. Shuster
  • Lang Yun

    as Nurse Prine
  • Pat Corley

    as Store Manager
  • Enid Kent

    as 1st Nurse
  • Gwen Van Dam

    as O.R. Nurse
  • Ruth Silveira

    as 2nd Nurse
  • Marilyn Coleman

    as Emergency Room Nurse
  • Paul Laurence

    as Respiratory Therapist
Directing Sam O'Steen Director
Production Lynn Loring Producer
Writing David Moessinger Teleplay
Writing Steven Levenkron Novel
Production Douglas S. Cramer Executive Producer
Production Aaron Spelling Executive Producer
Sound Billy Goldenberg Music
Camera Michael D. Margulies Director of Photography
Editing Barbara Dies Editor
Art Paul Sylos Art Direction
Art Larry Warwick Art Direction
Art Norman Rockett Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Nolan Miller Costume Design

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