Little Darlings

Little Darlings
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRonald F. Maxwell
Screenplay byKimi Peck
Dalene Young
Story byKimi Peck
Produced byStephen J. Friedman
StarringTatum O'Neal
Kristy McNichol
Armand Assante
Matt Dillon
Maggie Blye
Nicolas Coster
Marianne Gordon
CinematographyBeda Batka
Edited byPembroke J. Herring
Music byCharles Fox
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 21, 1980 (1980-03-21) (US)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.3 million[1]
Box office$34,326,249[2]

Little Darlings is a 1980 American teen comedy-drama film starring Tatum O'Neal and Kristy McNichol and featuring Armand Assante and Matt Dillon. It was directed by Ronald F. Maxwell.[3] The screenplay was written by Kimi Peck and Dalene Young and the original music score was composed by Charles Fox. The film was marketed with the tagline "Don't let the title fool you", a reference to a scene in which the character of Angel tells Randy, "Don't let the name fool you."

Film critic Roger Ebert said of the film that it "somehow does succeed in treating the awesome and scary subject of sexual initiation with some of the dignity it deserves."[4]

  1. ^ Moreland, Pamela (July 12, 1981). "Loser at Box-Office, Often Lucrative on the Box: Pay TV, Videodiscs and In-Flight Film Deals Leading Investors to the Movies". Los Angeles Times. p. g1.
  2. ^ "Little Darlings". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Little Darlings (1980)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 24, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (March 25, 1980). "Little Darlings". Rogerebert.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.