Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
| Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Leslie Stevens |
| Directed by | Russ Mayberry |
| Starring |
Barbara Eden Joseph Mascolo Joan Hackett Richard Basehart Louise Latham |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Leslie Stevens |
| Editor(s) | Robert F. Shugrue |
| Cinematography | Terry K. Meade |
| Running time | 73 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Universal Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 16, 1977 |
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? is a 1977 American made-for-television film pilot starring Barbara Eden which premiered as the NBC Movie of the Week on January 16, 1977.
It was directed by Russ Mayberry from a teleplay written by Leslie Stevens for a pilot TV series that never materialized.
Summary
Liz Stonestreet (Barbara Eden) is a private investigator whose late husband, a police detective, was killed in the line of duty and she becomes a policewoman to keep his beliefs about law and order alive.
Stonestreet is hired by Mrs. Shroeder (Louise Latham) to locate her son, Eddie (James Ingersoli), a small-time hoodlum who has been missing for eight days. Liz goes undercover as an usher at a porno theatre where Eddie worked and discovers in his locker a pair of expensive diamond earrings and newspaper clippings about a missing heiress, Amory Osborn (Ann Dusenberry), the niece of Elliott Osborn (Richard Basehart), a rich and powerful business leader. Despite advice from her boss Max Pierce (Joseph Mascolo) that her that her suspicions are unfounded, Stonestreet pursues the investigation in an attempt to find the link between Shroeder and the heiress.
Cast
- Barbara Eden as Liz Stonestreet
- Joseph Mascolo as Max Pierce
- Joan Hackett as Jessica Hilliard
- Richard Basehart as Elliott Osborn
- Louise Latham as Mrs. Shroeder
- Elaine Giftos as Arlene
- Ann Dusenberry as Amory Osborn
- James Ingersoll as Eddie Shroeder
Home video
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? has never been released on any format in the USA.
External links
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? at the Internet Movie Database
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerforld Model? at AllMovie
- Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? at the TCM Movie Database
- Archive of American Television interview – Barbara Eden discusses the filming of Stonestreet