Stockard Channing

Ed Asner

Jim Backus

Joe Flynn

Chuck McCann

Carl Ballantine

Cyril Delevanti

Fred Grandy

Ruth McDevitt

Susanne Zenor

Warren Berlinger

Larry Wilcox

Dan Spelling

Reb Brown

Dennis Dugan

Warren Burton

Angela Clarke

Damon Douglas

Marty Greene

Robert Hanley

Victor Izay

Florence Lake

Mary Layne

Frank London

Larry Manetti

Annette O'Toole

Bill Zuckert

Charles Pitts

Lonny Stevens

Charles Tachovsky

Nancy Valentine

Midge Ware

John Kirby

Jack Kutcher

Lee Philips

Everett Chambers

Diane Adler

George Jay Nicholson

Bernardo Segall

Richard C. Glouner

Agnes Gallin

Phil Rhodes

Joan Rivers

Lynn Stalmaster

Bob Mills

Cliff Wenger

Joseph R. Jennings

Frederic W. Brost

Jean Coulter

Lynn Masters

Edward J. McDonald

Gary Holt

Comedy

TV Movie

Drama

Romance

The Girl Most Likely To...

ABC Circle Films

United States of America

Stockard Channing morphs from ugly duckling to beautiful swan

RELEASED TO TV IN 1973 and directed by Lee Philips, “The Girl Most Likely to...” is a dark dramedy about the sad life of a homely, chubby girl at a Southern Cal university who is ignored and mistreated (Stockard Channing). After an accident and plastic surgery, she can’t keep the men away and decides to get revenge on those who abused her. Ed Asner plays the investigative cop. Jim Backus (Gilligan’s Island) and Larry Wilcox (ChiPs) are also on hand.

This was Channing’s first credited role and she’s quite good as the protagonist, both confident and amusing.  She put cotton balls in her mouth to make her cheeks look chubby in her ugly duckling scenes during the first half. Her transformation is pretty amazing as she cleaned up to a hottie in a unique way. The tagline was “They treated her like a dog. Now, she's a fox. And she's going to make them pay.”

While this is a black comedy/farce, it deals with a real-life issue that millions of women can relate to: The more attractive you are the better you’re treated and the more opportunities you have; and vice versa. But what about the person WITHIN? Good or bad looks/figure must be separated from the beauty within; or the ugliness within.

THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 13 minutes and was shot in Century City, Los Angeles. WRITER: Joan Rivers with Agnes Gallin.

GRADE: B-

English