The Best Little Girl in the World
A drama of anorexia nervosa. A movie that just might save your child's life.
1981-05-11 | 100 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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Charles DurningFrank Powell
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Eva Marie SaintJoanne Powell
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Jennifer Jason LeighCasey Powell
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Melanie MayronCarol Link
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Lisa PelikanGail Powell
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Viveca LindforsMadame Seurat
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David SpielbergDr. Garrett
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Jason MillerClay Orlovsky
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Richard VentureDr. Neil Holzer
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Lenora MayJulie
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Laurence LauMark
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Michael DudikoffChuck
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Stephanie CannonMary
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Ally Sheedy1st Girl
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Pat CorleyStore Manager
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Enid Kent1st Nurse
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