Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
Cast
Dolly Parton
Shirlee Kenyon
James Woods
Jack Russell
Griffin Dunne
Alan Riegert
Michael Madsen
Steve
Deirdre O'Connell
Lily
John Sayles
Guy Girardi
Teri Hatcher
Janice
Spalding Gray
Dr. Erdman
Jerry Orbach
Milo Jacoby
Philip Bosco
Gene Perlman
Charles Fleischer
Tony
Keith MacKechnie
Gordon
Jay Thomas
Zim Zimmerman
Amy Morton
Ann
Paula Newsome
Ellen
Ralph Foody
Desk Clerk
Robin Eurich
Bill
Jeff Garlin
Bob
Paul Dinello
Casey
Barnet Kellman
TV Director
Robert Kurcz
Phil
Ray Toler
Man at Strip Joint
Michael Oppenheimer
Maitre D'
Michael Jeffrey Woods
Photographer
Tom Amandes
Waiter
John Gegenhuber
Waiter
James Spinks
Bartender
Greg Sobieski
Bartender
Scott Benjaminson
Valet
Tom Webb
Newscaster
Peter Sova
Cabbie
Roger Christiansen
Technical Director
Mary Ann Thebus
Waitress
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Girl
Dana Lubotsky
Girl
Becky Wahlstrom
Girl
Tony Judge
Officer
Susan Philpot
Librarian
Dionne Lynn Nosek
P.A.
Kate Buddeke
Tina (voice)
Tracy Letts
Sean (voice)
Jane Lynch
Gladys (voice)
Anthony Cannata
Bud (voice)
Joyce Hiller Piven
Joan (voice)
Lorenzo Clemons
Mr. Isaacs
Ron Livingston
Soldier
Ray Friedeck
Mr. Polonsky
Etel Billig
Thelma
Irma P. Hall
Ethel
Alan Wilder
Snake Man
Gilmary Doyle
Fan
Jack Walsh
Guard
Susan Messing
Makeup Girl
Lisa Marie Ackel
Dental Hygienist (uncredited)
Laura Bennecke
Museum Patron (uncredited)
Suzy Brack
Date at Restaurant (uncredited)
Simona Ferraro
Reporter (uncredited)
Megan McCarthy
Upscale Shopper (uncredited)
Irene Michaels
Host (uncredited)
Peter Alun Thomas
Baseball Catcher (uncredited)
Alberto Viruena
Man (uncredited)
Crew
Barnet Kellman
Director
Craig Bolotin
Screenplay, Story
Patricia Resnick
Screenplay
Michael Tronick
Editor
Peter Sova
Director of Photography
Judith Pritchard
Production Coordinator
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Carol Baum
Producer
Fred Berner
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Jeffrey Townsend
Production Design
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Camera Operator
William McConnell
First Assistant Camera
Mary Gail Artz
Casting
Barbara Cohen
Casting
Jodie Lynn Tillen
Costume Design
Shirlee Strahm
Costumer
Hallie D'Amore
Makeup Department Head
Linda Melazzo
Makeup Artist
Ross F. Aseron
Art Department Coordinator
Fred Judkins
Supervising Sound Editor
James Matheny
Sound Editor
David Hagberg
Sound Editor
Peter Michael Sullivan
Sound Editor
Mary Ruth Smith
Sound Editor
Dean A. Zupancic
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Ash
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Campbell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glenn Williams
Sound mixer
Guy Clayton
Special Effects Coordinator
Brad Fiedel
Original Music Composer
Dolly Parton
Music, Songs
Allan K. Rosen
Music Editor
Paul Allen
Transportation Coordinator
Daniel Loren May
Set Decoration
Don Smetzer
Still Photographer
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Steven Lambert
Stunts
Linda Perlin
Stunts
Barbara Anne Klein
Stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Perry
Art Direction
Ken Blackwell
First Assistant Editor
