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.
Directed by Barnet Kellman
chicago, illinois
romcom
radio program
talk radio
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
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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
Crew
Barnet Kellman
Director
Patricia Resnick
Screenplay
Brad Fiedel
Original Music Composer
Michael Tronick
Editor
Peter Sova
Director of Photography
Carol Baum
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Howard Rosenman
Executive Producer
Fred Berner
Producer
Dolly Parton
Music
William McConnell
First Assistant Camera
Dolly Parton
Songs
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Max Kowalski
5.0★ · 08/31/25
“Captain Kangaroo wasn’t a captain… He wasn’t even really a kangaroo.”
“Captain Kangaroo wasn’t a captain… He wasn’t even really a kangaroo.”
kate
8.0★ · 07/10/25
dolly is breathtaking in this
dolly is breathtaking in this
elise
6.0★ · 05/20/25
sometimes a dog barks the wrong squirrel up the right tree!
sometimes a dog barks the wrong squirrel up the right tree!
m
5.0★ · 04/13/25
If they had cast a man who was even remotely attractive as the romantic interest it would’ve been 5 stars
If they had cast a man who was even remotely attractive as the romantic interest it would’ve been 5 stars
