| Melanie Griffith | Emma 'Billy' Dawn |
| John Goodman | Harry Brock |
| Don Johnson | Paul Verrall |
| Edward Herrmann | Ed Devery |
| Max Perlich | JJ |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | Sen. Hedges |
| Nora Dunn | Cynthia Schreiber, NPR Talk Show Host |
| Michael Ensign | Phillipe |
| Benjamin Bradlee | Alex Duffee, Sect. of the Navy |
A scrap-metal tycoon turned real-estate mogul pays a Washington newsman to educate his feisty girlfriend .
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