Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

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Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
Genre	Mystery; Crime; Drama;
Written by	Leslie Stevens
Directed by	Russ Mayberry
Starring	Barbara Eden; Joseph Mascolo; Joan Hackett; Richard Basehart; Louise Latham; Elaine Giftos; Ann Dusenberry
Music by	Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	David J. O'Connell
Producer	Leslie Stevens
Production location	Los Angeles
Cinematography	Terry K. Meade
Editor	Robert F. Shugrue
Running time	73 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 16, 1977

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.

Plot summary

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

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
Robert Burton as Dale Anderson ^[2]

Release

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

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

External links

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? at IMDb
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

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[Stonestreet:_Who_Killed_the_Centerfold_Model?-1] "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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