This Girl for Hire

Jan 11, 1983

1h 40m

★ 4.7

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.

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

Orion Television

CBS

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Cast

B' T' Brady

Bess Armstrong

Zandra Stoneham

Celeste Holm

Lieutenant Phil Hansen

Cliff DeYoung

Abner Litto

Ray Walston

Manfred Hayes

Roddy McDowall

Edwina Gaylord

Hermione Baddeley

Mitch Dillon

Scott Brady

Wolfe Macready

Howard Duff

Harrison Wooly

José Ferrer

Evan Picard

Beverly Garland

Jonathan Eastman

Percy Rodriguez

Eddie

Elisha Cook Jr.

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