Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? is a 1977 American made-for-television mystery-crime drama film starring Barbara Eden,[1] directed by Russ Mayberry from a teleplay written by Leslie Stevens[1] and produced as a pilot for a proposed television series that was not picked up by the network. The film originally premiered as the NBC Movie of the Week on January 16, 1977.

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
Genre
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
Written byLeslie Stevens
Directed byRuss Mayberry
StarringBarbara Eden
Joseph Mascolo
Joan Hackett
Richard Basehart
Louise Latham
Elaine Giftos
Ann Dusenberry
Music byPatrick Williams
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)David J. O'Connell
Producer(s)Leslie Stevens
Production location(s)Los Angeles
CinematographyTerry K. Meade
Editor(s)Robert F. Shugrue
Running time73 minutes
Production company(s)Universal Television
DistributorNBC
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseJanuary 16, 1977

Plot 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

Release

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? has never been released on any format in the United States. The film aired on NBC on January 16, 1977. Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? was released on DVD in region 4.[2]

References
  1. "Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. "Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?". Universal Vault Series. Universal City, California: Universal Studios. ASIN B01H4F533C. Retrieved December 11, 2016.


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