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 languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid J. O'Connell
ProducerLeslie Stevens
Production locationLos Angeles
CinematographyTerry K. Meade
EditorRobert F. Shugrue
Running time73 minutes
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 16, 1977 (1977-01-16)

Plot summary

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Liz Stonestreet (Barbara Eden) is a private investigator and former policewoman whose late husband, a police detective, was killed in the line of duty and she becomes a detective 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 suspicions are unfounded, Stonestreet pursues the investigation in an attempt to find the link between Shroeder and the heiress.

Cast

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Release

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The film aired on NBC on January 16, 1977. Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? has never been released on any home video format in the United States,[citation needed] but has been released on DVD in region 4.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Burton, Robert. "Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?". Internet Movie Database.
  3. ^ "Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?". Universal Vault Series. Universal City, California: Universal Studios. ASIN B01H4F533C. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
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