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The Best Little Girl in the World is a american film of genre Drama directed by Sam O'Steen released in USA on 11 may 1981 with Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
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Add to a movie listThe Best Little Girl in the World is a 1981 television film directed by Sam O'Steen and executive produced by Aaron Spelling. The film is based upon the 1978 novel of the same name written by Steven Levenkron.
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17-year-old Casey Powell is a shy teenaged cheerleader who gets good grades and dreams of being a professional ballet dancer. Her parents, Frank and Joanne, give all their attention to her 19-year-old sister Gail, who has just found out she is pregnant by someone she has no interest in marrying. Frank is infuriated and Joanne is worried, so they forget to spend time with Casey; not a new thing, as problem-child Gail has always drawn attention away from good-girl Casey. Feeling ignored by her parents and embarrassed by harassment at her cheerleading audition, Casey starts wanting to look like the girls on the covers of magazines and begins to diet and exercise.Actors
Jennifer Jason Leigh
(Casey Powell)
Charles Durning
(Frank Powell)
Eva Marie Saint
(Joanne Powell)
Melanie Mayron
(Carol Link)
Lisa Pelikan
(Gail Powell)
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