The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
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.
Director: Sam O'Steen
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Charles Durning as Frank Powell |
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Eva Marie Saint as Joanne Powell |
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Jennifer Jason Leigh as Casey Powell |
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Melanie Mayron as Carol Link |
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Lisa Pelikan as Gail Powell |
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Viveca Lindfors as Madame Seurat |
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David Spielberg as Dr. Garrett |
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Jason Miller as Clay Orlovsky |
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Richard Venture as Dr. Neil Holzer |
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Lenora May as Julie |
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Laurence Lau as Mark |
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Michael Dudikoff as Chuck |
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Stephanie Cannon as Mary |
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Ally Sheedy as 1st Girl |
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Andrea Pope as Michelle, the Cheerleader |
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Richard Milholland as Dr. Norman |
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Jonathan Estrin as Dr. Shuster |
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Lang Yun as Nurse Prine |
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Pat Corley as Store Manager |
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Enid Kent as 1st Nurse |
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Gwen Van Dam as O.R. Nurse |
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Ruth Silveira as 2nd Nurse |
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Marilyn Coleman as Emergency Room Nurse |
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Paul Laurence as Respiratory Therapist |
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Elisha Rapson as Witch |
| Directing | Sam O'Steen | Director |
| Production | Lynn Loring | Producer |
| Writing | Steven Levenkron | Novel |
| Production | Douglas S. Cramer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aaron Spelling | Executive Producer |
| 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 |
| Sound | Billy Goldenberg | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | David Moessinger | Writer |
