Bette Middler cast in Phil Spector film

Bette Middler is set to star alongside Al Pacino in HBO Films’ Phil Spector telefilm.

The diva will play Linda Kenney Baden, a defense attorney who represented the producer during his first trial for murder.

Also joining the cast of the telefilm written and directed by Academy Award nominee David Mamet (Wag the Dog) is Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), who will play Bruce Cutler, a attorney on Spector’s defense team.

Midler’s last TV series gig was for CBS in 2000-01 with Bette, a sitcom in which she played herself. Sixteen of the series’ 18 episodes aired.

Midler picked up a nomination for her 1993 telepic, Gypsy, which also aired on CBS.