The Best Little Girl in the World
movie
A drama of anorexia nervosa. A movie that just might save your child's life.
Released May 11, 1981
Overview
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.
Cast
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
Crew
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Sam O'Steen
as
Director
Lynn Loring
as
Producer
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Steven Levenkron
as
Novel
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Douglas S. Cramer
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Executive Producer
Aaron Spelling
as
Executive Producer
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Michael D. Margulies
as
Director of Photography
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Barbara Dies
as
Editor
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Paul Sylos
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Art Direction
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Larry Warwick
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Art Direction
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Norman Rockett
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Set Decoration
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Nolan Miller
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Costume Design
Billy Goldenberg
as
Original Music Composer