''The Cover Girl and the Cop'', released on video as ''Beauty & Denise'', is a 1989 American

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

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directed by

Neal Israel Neal Israel (born July 27, 1945) is an American actor, screenwriter, film and television producer, and director best known for his comedic work in the 1980s for films such as ''Police Academy'', ''Real Genius'', and ''Bachelor Party''. Biograp ...

, written by

Michael Norell Michael Alden Norell (born October 4, 1937 in Wallace, Idaho) is an American screenwriter, actor, and executive producer who starred as Captain Henry "Hank" Stanley in the Jack Webb-produced television series ''Emergency!'' from 1972 to 1978. ...

, and starring

Julia Duffy Julia Margaret Duffy (née Hinds; June 27, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She began her career in television, appearing in minor guest roles before being cast in the role of Penny Davis in the series ''The Doctors (1963 ...

Dinah Manoff Dinah Beth Manoff (born January 25, 1956) is an American stage, film, and television actress and television director. She is best known for her roles as Elaine Lefkowitz on ''Soap'', Marty Maraschino in the film '' Grease'', Libby Tucker in both ...

, and

David Carradine David Carradine ( ; born John Arthur Carradine Jr.; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor best known for playing martial arts roles. He is perhaps best known as the star of the 1970s television series ''Kung Fu'', playi ...

. It aired on

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on January 16, 1989.

Premise

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, ditzy model-actress Jackie Flanders witnesses the murder of a powerful figure connected to the

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. Claiming to the police that she has a stalker, she is protected by tough, streetwise cop Denise Danielovitch.

Cast

as Jackie Flanders *

as Denise Danielovitch *

as Slade *

John Karlen John Karlen (born John Adam Karlewicz; May 28, 1933 – January 22, 2020) was an American character actor who played multiple roles on the ABC serial ''Dark Shadows'' on and off from 1967 to 1971. In 1971, Karlen starred as the male lead in ''Da ...

as Lt. Wingo * Arthur Taxier as Capt. Pashnick *

Jonathan Frakes Jonathan Scott Frakes (born August 19, 1952) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Commander William Riker in the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and subsequent films and series. Frakes als ...

as Joshua Boyleston *

Blair Underwood Blair Erwin Underwood (born August 25, 1964) is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film ''Krush Groove'' and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series ''L.A. Law''. Underwood has a ...

as Horace Bouchet *

Whip Hubley Grant Shelby Hubley Jr., known as Whip Hubley, is an American actor. Early life and education Hubley was born in New York City, the son of Julia Kaul (née Paine) and Grant Shelby Hubley, an entrepreneur, oil investor, and writer. He attended th ...

as Lester Sweazy *

Robert Picardo Robert Alphonse Picardo (born October 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the Cowboy in ''Innerspace'', Coach Cutlip on ''The Wonder Years'', Captain Dick Richard on the ABC series ''China Beach'', the Doctor on '' Star ...

as Denise's date

Production

Duffy at the time was best known for ''

Newhart ''Newhart'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from October 25, 1982, to May 21, 1990, with a total of 184 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. The series stars Bob Newhart and Mary Frann as an author and his wife, ...

''. 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."' NEWHART' STAR BECOMES `COVER GIRL' Bobbin, Jay. Palm Beach Post 15 Jan 1989: 7.

References

External links

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Review
at Los Angeles Times
''The Cover Girl at the Cop''
at Letterbox DVD {{DEFAULTSORT:Cover Girl and the Cop, The 1989 television films 1989 films 1989 comedy films 1980s American films 1980s English-language films 1980s buddy comedy films 1980s buddy cop films 1980s female buddy films American buddy comedy films American buddy cop films American comedy television films American female buddy films Films about murder Films about witness protection Films directed by Neal Israel Films scored by Sylvester Levay Films set in Washington, D.C. NBC network original films