"My Little Girl"

Year: 1986

Studio: Black Swan, Merchant-Ivory Productions

Directed by: Connie Kaiserman

Writing credits:
Connie Kaiserman
Nan Mason

Actors:
James Earl Jones .... Ike Bailey
Geraldine Page .... Molly
Mary Stuart Masterson .... Franny Bettinger
Anne Meara .... Mrs. Shopper
Pamela Payton-Wright .... Delly Bettinger
Peter Michael Goetz .... Norman Bettinger
Peter Gallagher .... Kai
George Newbern .... Woody
Erika Alexander .... Joan
Traci Lind .... Alice
Jordan Charney .... Dr. Gruner
Fred Ephraim .... Duane Mulvey
Nancy Cooperstein .... Nathalie
Jennifer Lopez .... Myra
Dolly Wheaton .... Miss Bryant

Plot Outline: Franny is an idealistic teenager who wants to change the world. She volunteers in a city shelter for disadvantaged girls, but her affluent background is met with much hostility. She eventually does begin to make a difference, and is surprised to find that her own life is changed as well.