Savannah Smiles (1982)

originally posted on AOL Blogs, Sunday, September 19, 2004
revised Thursday October 11 , 2018

Unfortunately - the world lost Bridgette Andersen in May of 1997 to a drug overdose. She was 21 years old.
Released November 12th in the US.
Filmed in Utah.
The story: A pair of small-time criminals on the run - befriend a little girl who has hidden in the back of a car the two have stolen.
When she tells the two that she has run away from home - which sounds to them a very promising place, financially - the two men come up with a scheme to hold the little girl for a ransom. 
The three have lots of fun playing dress-up and having picnics along the way and they become great friends.
Stars Bridgette Andersen , Peter Graves , Michael Parks , Mark Miller, Donovan Scott
Directed by Pierre de Moro
Rated PG
COMEDY/DRAMA