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Smile (1975)
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It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Beautiful Woman | Police Officer | Teenage Girl | Dysfunctional Marriage | Choreographer moreAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Fantastic film! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bruce Dern | ... | Big Bob Freelander |
 | Barbara Feldon | ... | Brenda DiCarlo |
| Michael Kidd | ... | Tommy French |
 | Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Wilson Shears |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | Andy DiCarlo |
| Joan Prather | ... | Robin (Miss Antelope Valley) |
| Denise Nickerson | ... | Shirley Tolstoy (Miss San Diego) |
 | Melanie Griffith | ... | Karen Love |
| Annette O'Toole | ... | Doria Houston (Miss Anaheim) |
| Maria O'Brien | ... | Maria Gonzales |
 | Colleen Camp | ... | Connie Thompson (Miss Imperial Valley) |
| Caroline Williams | ... | Helga |
| Kate Sarchet | ... | Judy Wagner |
| Dick McGarvin | ... | Ted Farley |
| William Traylor | ... | Ray Brandy |
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113 minCountry:
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USA:PGFilming Locations:
Santa Rosa, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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The final scenes were staged at the actual pageant, and no one - except script writer Jerry Belson and director Michael Ritchie - knew the winner, so the conclusion seems realistic. moreQuotes:
Doria Houston: Santa Rosa is so beautiful. I mean, I thought the shopping mall in Anaheim was great until I saw yours. It's... a credit to the vision of your business community. moreSoundtrack:
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One of the most under-appreciated gems of the 70's, this dark comedy about a small town beauty pageant brilliantly depicts the emptiness and shallowness of living the "American dream" as it satires life in small town America, giving an especially humorous wink to civic organizations that culminates in grown men in white sheets forcing members of their "clan" who have recently turned 35 to kiss a dead chicken's ass filled with some kind of weird white cream that has haunted me for years! With rich writing, brilliant direction by Michael Ritchie, and dead-on performances by Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon,Michael Kidd, Joan Prather, Annette O'Toole, Maria O'Brien, Nicholas Pryor, and Eric Shea. this film is a true unsung classic!