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| Miss All-American Beauty | |
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| Directed by | Gus Trikonis |
| Written by | Nancy Audley Emily Tracy |
| Produced by | Marcy Gross (producer) Anne Hopkins (associate producer) Robert Huddleston (supervising producer) Marian Rees (executive producer) Ann Weston (producer) |
| Starring | Diane Lane Cloris Leachman David Dukes Jayne Meadows Alice Hirson Brian Kerwin |
| Cinematography | Robert C. Jessup |
| Edited by | Byron 'Buzz' Brandt |
| Music by | Paul Chihara |
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Running time | 96 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Miss All-American Beauty is a 1982 American television film directed by Gus Trikonis and starring Diane Lane.
After winning a beauty contest in Texas, a teen-aged girl is unprepared for the demands of travel, press conferences and interviews that go with winning the title and participating in a national beauty pageant.
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