My Little Girl

A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.

Cast

James Earl Jones

as Ike Bailey

Geraldine Page

as Molly

Mary Stuart Masterson

as Franny Bettinger

Anne Meara

as Mrs. Shopper

Pamela Payton-Wright

as Delly Bettinger

Peter Michael Goetz

as Norman Bettinger

Peter Gallagher

as Kai

George Newbern

as Woody

Erika Alexander

as Joan

Traci Lind

as Alice

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