Smile (1975)
July 9, 1975Release Date
Smile (1975)
July 9, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bruce Dern
Big Bob
Barbara Feldon
Brenda
Michael Kidd
Tommy
Geoffrey Lewis
Wilson
Joan Prather
Robin
Michael Ritchie
Director
Jerry Belson
Writer
Denise Nickerson
Shirley
Melanie Griffith
Karen
Conrad L. Hall
Cinematographer
Richard A. Harris
Editor
Annette O'Toole
Doria
Eric Shea
Little Bob
Maria O'Brien
Maria
Nicholas Pryor
Andy
Colleen Camp
Connie
Caroline Williams
Helga
Kate Sarchet
Judy
Dick McGarvin
Ted Farley
William Traylor
Ray Brandy
Titos Vandis
Emile
Dennis Dugan
Logan
Adam Reed
Freddy
Brad Thompson
Chuck
Maureen Abbott
Young American Miss
Leslie Anderson
Young American Miss
Janette Butler
Young American Miss
Shawn Christianson
Young American Miss
MaryStella Church
Young American Miss
Dana Couey
Young American Miss
Deborah Coy
Young American Miss
Marie Curry
Young American Miss
Teri Duggan
Young American Miss
Mary Gannon
Young American Miss
Nancy Hess
Young American Miss
Owens Hill
Young American Miss
Joanna Vogel
Young American Miss
Catherine Klein
Young American Miss
Christie Lawrence
Young American Miss
Amy Leitman
Young American Miss
Barbara McCutchan
Young American Miss
Dona Miller
Young American Miss
Karen Miller
Young American Miss
Sadie Raker
Young American Miss
Janis Russell
Young American Miss
Frances Sartori
Young American Miss
Lisa Scott
Young American Miss
Melinda Smith
Young American Miss
MaryAnn Stineman
Young American Miss
Beth Turner
Young American Miss
Andy Backer
Judge #1
Beans Morocco
At the Party
James Bates
Pianist
Robert Behling
Workman
Robert Breen
Tony
Shannon Christie
Roberta
Tom Dahlgren
Host Father
Fay DeWitt
Mrs. Chambers
Mara Finerty
Maggots Girl
Tom Harris
Phil Persky
Mark Anger
Mr. Crosby
Ted Johnson
Marine
Alice Lassiter
Mother Hen
Ross Liscum
Marine
James Carroll
Guard
Kit McDonough
Willetta
Terence McGovern
Judge #2
Betty Macik
Sandra Kay
Winifred Mann
Shirley's Mother
Don Michaelian
Shirley's Father
Thom Alan Phillips
Judge #3
Elsie Ritchie
Secretary
Jean Robinson
Mother
Gregory Smith
Policeman
Don Spruance
Alan
Richard Talbot
Jay
Robert Waite
Local Emcee
William Eden Wolf
Priest Judge
Gloria McMillan
Lady Judge
Doc Scortt
Stage Manager
Sally Pavese
Mother
Walter O'Banion
Bear
Linda Smith
Lady Judge
Jack Denton
Phil La Barr
Virginia Johnston
Organizer
Del Dimmick
Nick
Deborah Ghisla
Singing Voice (voice)
Scott Tauzer
Major Weenie (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 9, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Filming LocationsSanta Rosa, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Smile is a 1975 American satirical comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Jerry Belson, and starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, and Geoffey Lewis. It focuses on various personalities involved in a beauty pageant in Santa Rosa, California, and satirizes small-town America and its peculiarities, hypocrisies and artifice within and around the pageant. Melanie Griffith, Denise Nickerson, Annette O'Toole, and Colleen Camp appear in early roles in their respective careers as pageant contestants.
Filmed on location in Santa Rosa, the film premiered at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, and opened theatrically in Los Angeles in July 1975 before screening at the 1975 New York Film Festival. Though it received generally favorable reviews from critics, the film was a box-office flop. In the years since its release, Smile went on to develop a cult following, and was subsequently adapted into a 1986 Broadway musical of the same name with songs by Marvin Hamlisch and Howard Ashman.