Brenda Starr is a 1989 American adventure film directed by Robert Ellis Miller based on Dale Messick's comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter. It stars Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton, and Jeffrey Tambor.
U.S. theatrical release poster
Brenda Starr, Reporter is a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, and continued by others until 2011.
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Dale Messick's Brenda Starr, Reporter (May 2, 1948)
Brenda Starr #14, Superior Publishing, 1948, art by Jack Kamen
Image: Cast of Brenda Starr