Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
Kathleen Turner
as Victoria 'V.I.' Warshawski
Jay O. Sanders
as Murray Ryerson
Charles Durning
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
Angela Goethals
as Kat Grafalk, Bernard's Daughter
Nancy Paul
as Paige Wilson Grafalk
Frederick Coffin
as Horton
Charles McCaughan
as Trumble
Stephen Meadows
as Boom-Boom
Wayne Knight
as Smeissen
Lynnie Godfrey
as Sal
Anne Pitoniak
as Lotty
Stephen Root
as Mickey
