pretend to be a real clinical doctor. She reluctantly accepts and becomes a popular radio figure as "Doctor Shirlee." Jack suspects something when he realizes the woman who was ready to risk her life for twenty dollars is a 'doctor'. Although his editor disagrees, Jack pursues the story. He begins to date Shirlee, initially in an attempt to get closer to uncover her story, but he soon falls for her. Her boyfriend from Arkansas arrives in Chicago to try to get her back, though his attempts fall short, and Shirlee and Jack make love. As Jack has true feelings for her, he refuses to publish the story, resigning. However, Shirlee receives another visit from her ex, who tells her he remembered having previously met Jack in Arkansas, and that he was asking a number of questions about her. Shirlee realizes Jack is a reporter, and his interest may be purely to uncover her story. Storming off, she refuses to take his calls. As Shirlee's popularity increases, a mishap involving some of her previous advice to a caller eventually causes her to confess the truth to everyone on air that she is not a real doctor, and she then leaves the show. Her listeners call in, wanting her back, regardless of her credentials. Someone calls in, suggesting everyone listening to honk their horns at midnight if they want Shirlee back. Jack tracks Shirlee down on the same bridge where they had first met and convinces her to take him back. When she hears the horns, Jack tells her that they are for her. She eventually goes back to the radio show, but insists that she just wants to be called "Shirlee." Cast Dolly Parton as Shirlee Kenyon James Woods as Jack Russell Griffin Dunne as Alan Riegert Michael Madsen as Steve Philip Bosco as Gene Perlman Jerry Orbach as Milo Jacoby Deirdre O'Connell as Lily John Sayles as Guy Girardi Teri Hatcher as Janice Spalding Gray as Dr. David Erdman Amy Morton as Ann Charles Fleischer as Tony Keith MacKechnie as Gordon Jay Thomas as "Zim" Zimmerman Paula Newsome as Ellen Tracy Letts as Sean John Gegenhuber as The Waiter Paul Dinello as Casey Production The vast majority of the film was shot in historic downtown Lemont, Illinois. The "Flank Center" building was used to house the dance sequence scenes in the beginning of the film. Both Dolly Parton and James