Question: The actress that played the title character on the sitcom "Murphy Brown" stars with Gene Hackman in a 1977 thriller film based on a novel by what author?

full_context: Document 1: Allison Janney: Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress. A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for her television work, her first four Emmy wins were for her role as C. J. Cregg on the NBC drama "The West Wing" (1999–2006). In 2014, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime series "Masters of Sex". In 2014 and 2015, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Bonnie Plunkett on the CBS sitcom "Mom".
Document 2: Stanley Kramer: Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films". As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided. Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in "The Defiant Ones" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), nuclear war (in "On the Beach"), greed (in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"), creationism vs. evolution (in "Inherit the Wind") and the causes and effects of fascism (in "Judgment at Nuremberg"). His other notable films included "High Noon" (1952, as producer), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954, as producer), and "Ship of Fools" (1965).
Document 3: Murphy Brown: Murphy Brown is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for "FYI", a fictional CBS television newsmagazine.
Document 4: Hammett (film): Hammett is a 1982 mystery film directed by Wim Wenders and executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay was written by Ross Thomas and Dennis O'Flaherty, based on the novel of the same name by Joe Gores. It stars Frederic Forrest as detective story writer Dashiell Hammett, who gets caught up in a mystery very much like one of his own stories. Marilu Henner plays Hammett's neighbor, Kit Conger, and Peter Boyle plays Jimmy Ryan, an old friend from Hammett's days as a Pinkerton agent.
Document 5: Domino Vitali: Dominetta Vitali, known simply as Domino, is a fictional character and the main Bond girl in the James Bond novel, "Thunderball". For the 1965 film adaptation of the same name, her name was changed to Dominique Derval, nicknamed Domino, and she was portrayed by French actress Claudine Auger. In the 1983 film adaptation "Never Say Never Again", her character was renamed Domino Petachi and she was portrayed by American actress Kim Basinger.
Document 6: The Domino Principle: The Domino Principle is a 1977 thriller film starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney and Richard Widmark. The film is based on the novel of the same name and was adapted for the screen by its author, Adam Kennedy. It was directed and produced by Stanley Kramer.
Document 7: Goldie Hawn: Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an American actress, director, producer, and occasional singer. She rose to fame on the NBC sketch comedy program "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1968–70) before going on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Cactus Flower" (1969).
Document 8: Sally Field: Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress and director. Field began her career on television, starring on the sitcoms "Gidget" (1965–66), "The Flying Nun" (1967–70), and "The Girl with Something Extra" (1973–74). She ventured into film with "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) and later "Norma Rae" (1979), for which she received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She later received Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in "Absence of Malice" (1981) and "Kiss Me Goodbye" (1982), before receiving her second Academy Award for Best Actress for "Places in the Heart" (1984). Field received further nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for "Murphy's Romance" (1985) and "Steel Magnolias" (1989).
Document 9: Absolute Power (film): Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn and Dennis Haysbert. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall.
Document 10: Jill Clayburgh: Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress. She won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1978 film "An Unmarried Woman." She received a second Best Actress Academy Award nomination for the 1979 film "Starting Over."
Document 11: Candice Bergen: Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her ten seasons as the title character on the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown" (1988–98). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama "Boston Legal" (2005–08). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Starting Over" (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "Gandhi" (1982).
Document 12: The Sentinel (1977 film): The Sentinel is a 1977 American horror film based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Jeffrey Konvitz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Michael Winner. The film stars Cristina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Ava Gardner, Burgess Meredith, Sylvia Miles, and Eli Wallach. It also features Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, John Carradine, Jerry Orbach, Tom Berenger, and Beverly D'Angelo in supporting roles.
Document 13: Shelley Long: Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom "Cheers", for which she received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in four episodes of the spinoff "Frasier", for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. In 2009, she began playing a recurring role as DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series "Modern Family".
Document 14: Airport '77: Airport '77 is a 1977 American air disaster film and the third installment of the "Airport" franchise. The film stars a number of veteran actors including Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten and Olivia de Havilland, as well as the return of George Kennedy from the two previous "Airport" films. It is directed by Jerry Jameson, produced by Jennings Lang and William Frye with a screenplay by Michael Scheff and David Spector.
Document 15: The French Connection (film): The French Connection is a 1971 American crime thriller film directed by William Friedkin and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, and Roy Scheider. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the 1969 non-fiction book by Robin Moore. It tells the story of New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. Don Ellis scored the film.
ground_truth: Adam Kennedy