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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 cant keep the men away and decides to get revenge on those who abused her. Ed Asner plays the investigative cop. Jim Backus (Gilligans Island) and Larry Wilcox (ChiPs) are also on hand.
This was Channings first credited role and shes 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 tran...