The Best Little Girl in the World 1981

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

The Best Little Girl in the World

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TV Movie Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

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

Release Date 1981-05-11
Runtime 1h 40m
Directors Sam O'Steen, Michael D. Margulies
Producers Lynn Loring, Douglas S. Cramer, Aaron Spelling
Writers David Moessinger, Steven Levenkron