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Miss Firecracker

Miss Firecracker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 28, 1989

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

56%

Original Title

Miss Firecracker

Production Companies

Guadalupe Productions, Corsair Pictures, Firecracker Company

Director

Thomas Schlamme

Description

Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.