The Cover Girl and the Cop

The Cover Girl and the Cop
Genre	Comedy
Teleplay by	Michael Norell
Story by	Les Alexander Steve Ditlea Don Enright 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
Cinematography	Timothy Suhrstedt
Editor	Tom Walls
Running time	93 minutes
Production companies	Barry & Enright Productions Consolidated Distribution
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 16, 1989 (1989-01-16)

The Cover Girl and the Cop, released on video as Beauty & Denise, is a 1989 American comedy television film directed by Neal Israel, written by Michael Norell, and starring Julia Duffy, Dinah Manoff, and David Carradine. It aired on NBC on January 16, 1989.

Premise

In Washington, D.C., ditzy model-actress Jackie Flanders witnesses the murder of a powerful figure connected to the President. Claiming to the police that she has a stalker, she is protected by tough, streetwise cop Denise Danielovitch.

Cast

• Julia Duffy as Jackie Flanders
• Dinah Manoff as Denise Danielovitch
• David Carradine as Slade
• John Karlen as Lt. Wingo
• Arthur Taxier as Capt. Pashnick
• Jonathan Frakes as Joshua Boyleston
• Blair Underwood as Horace Bouchet
• Whip Hubley as Lester Sweazy
• Robert Picardo as Denise's date

Production

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."

External links

• The Cover Girl and the Cop at IMDb
• The Cover Girl and the Cop at the TCM Movie Database
• Review at Los Angeles Times
• The Cover Girl at the Cop at Letterbox DVD