The Cover Girl and the Cop (also known as Beauty & Denise) is a 1989 American television film directed by Neal Israel and starring David Carradine.[1]
| The Cover Girl and the Cop | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Michael Norell |
| Story by | Les Alexander Steve Ditlea Don Enright and Michael Norell & James Norell |
| Directed by | Neal Israel |
| Starring | Julia Duffy Dinah Manoff David Carradine John Karlen Arthur Taxier Jonathan Frakes |
| Music by | Sylvester Levay |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Les Alexander Don Enright John Beaird (associate producer) Deborah Edell Underwood (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Timothy Suhrstedt |
| Editor | Tom Walls |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Production companies | Barry & Enright Productions Consolidated Distribution |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
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The cast included:[2]
Duffy at the time was best known for Newhart. Her role in the film was similar and she said, "It's simply a case of me playing different parts, but if people think they're the same (because of the strength of the Stephanie portrayal), there's nothing I can do about it. NBC has been pretty good about what they've offered me. It's really been a wide variety. Unfortunately, the ones for which I've been available don't mark that much of a departure, but that's just coincidence... I know that title sounds really fluffy, but (Manoff) plays a really terrific person who hides her light under a bushel, by dressing sloppily and talking tough. She thinks that men aren't attracted to her, and she just has no social life. I knew if that character were played by a really legitimate actress who was good at comedy as well as drama, the movie would have a real foundation."[3]