This Girl for Hire (1983)

5.0/10 • 100 min • Comedy Mystery TV Movie

Overview

In this pilot for a proposed TV series, B.T. Brady is a flippant, but somewhat klutzy female private detective in Hollywood who sets out to solve the murder of a obnoxious mystery writer. Along the way, Brady gets help from her flamboyant mother Zandra, a washed-up actress, as well as Brady's live-in boyfriend Wolfe who runs a memorabilia shop.

Cast

Bess Armstrong

B' T' Brady

Celeste Holm

Zandra Stoneham

Cliff DeYoung

Lieutenant Phil Hansen

Ray Walston

Abner Litto

Roddy McDowall

Manfred Hayes

Hermione Baddeley

Edwina Gaylord

Scott Brady

Mitch Dillon

Howard Duff

Wolfe Macready

José Ferrer

Harrison Wooly

Beverly Garland

Evan Picard

Percy Rodriguez

Jonathan Eastman

Elisha Cook Jr.

Eddie

William Lanteau

Maurice

Fredric Lehne

Peter

George Reynolds

Garth

Dan Shor

Punk

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