In 1989, Shelley appeared in the TV movie series Frederick Forsyth Presents. It was a set of six telefilms by internationally acclaimed author Frederick Forsyth, all original spy thrillers. The first, aired in December of 1989, was called A Casualty of War. In the telefilm, Shelley played Monica Browne, an enigmatic and wealthy horse breeder who becomes the love interest of retired British secret service agent Tom Rowse (played by David Threlfall). Rowse is recruited to intercept an arms shipment from Libya to the IRA. In the film, Shelley was the only American among the predominantly British cast. She laughed this off and said, "Yes, I'm the token." But she enjoyed working with her British co-stars and found their approach to their craft very interesting. The telefilm was shot in England, Germany and Yugoslavia.
