Robert Ellis Miller Director Brooke Shields Brenda Starr Actor Timothy Dalton Basil St. John Actor Tony Peck Mike Randall Actor Diana Scarwid Libby "Lips" Lipscomb Actor Charles Durning Editor Francis I. Livright Actor Eddie Albert Police Chief Maloney Actor Ed Nelson President Harry S. Truman Actor Nestor Serrano Jose Actor Noreen Stone Screenwriter James D. Buchanan Screenwriter Jenny Wolkind Screenwriter Myron A. Hyman Producer John D. Backe Executive Producer Solomon J. LeFlore Executive Producer Alana H. Lambros Executive Producer Fred Francis Cinematographer Peter Stein Cinematographer Mark Melnick Film Editing Johnny Mandel Original Music John J. Lloyd Production Design Tim Boxell Art Director Michael Brunsfeld Art Director William Groshelle Art Director Steven Schwartz Art Director Pat McCorkle Casting Denise Carol Casting Zoraida Sanjurjo López Casting David C. Anderson Assistant Director Alan Hopkins Assistant Director