"Police Woman" (1974) TV series 1974-1978

Creator:

Robert E. Collins
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

13 September 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Police | Sergeant | Policewoman | Beautiful Woman | Female Cop

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 14 nominations

Cast

Earl Holliman	...	Lt. Bill Crowley / ... (91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Angie Dickinson	...	Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson / ... (91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Charles Dierkop	...	Det. Pete Royster / ... (91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Ed Bernard	...	Det. Joe Styles / ... (91 episodes, 1974-1978)

Series Directed by
Alvin Ganzer		(13 episodes, 1974-1978)
John Newland		(13 episodes, 1974-1978)
Barry Shear		(8 episodes, 1974-1977)
David Moessinger		(6 episodes, 1975-1978)
Alexander Singer		(5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Richard Benedict		(4 episodes, 1974-1978)
Douglas Benton		(4 episodes, 1975-1978)
Corey Allen		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Leonard Horn		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Virgil W. Vogel		(3 episodes, 1977-1978)
Arnold Laven		(2 episodes, 1974-1977)
Bernard McEveety		(2 episodes, 1974)
Herschel Daugherty		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Writing credits
Edward DeBlasio		(13 episodes, 1974-1978)
Gregory K. Scott		(8 episodes, 1974-1977)
Robert E. Collins		(7 episodes, 1974-1977)
Frank Telford		(5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Sean Baine		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
Douglas Benton		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
David Moessinger		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
Daniel B. Ullman		(4 episodes, 1974-1978)
Richard M. Bluel		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Joshua Hanke		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gabe Essoe		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Shimon Wincelberg		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Max Hodge		(3 episodes, 1976-1978)
Irv Pearlberg		(3 episodes, 1976-1978)
Jack M. Casey		(3 episodes, 1978)
John W. Bloch		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Irving Gaynor Neiman		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Pat Fielder		(2 episodes, 1974)
Burton Armus		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
E. Arthur Kean		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
S.S. Schweitzer		(2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Don Balluck		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Jerry de Bono		(unknown episodes)
Jack Hanrahan		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
David Gerber	....	executive producer (91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Douglas Benton	....	producer (6 episodes, 1974-1977)
George Lehr	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Edward DeBlasio	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Abram S. Ginnes	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Richard Shores		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jerrold Immel		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Morton Stevens		(2 episodes, 1977)
Bruce Broughton		(unknown episodes)
Gerald Fried		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Robert C. Moreno		(6 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Film Editing by
Dann Cahn		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Jack Kampschroer		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)

Series Casting by
Sally Powers		(6 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Robert Purcell		(4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Zoltan Müller		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Sal Blydenburgh		(4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Fred Goetz		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Makeup Department
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Production Management
Jack Cunningham	....	unit production manager (4 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jon C. Andersen	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lindsley Parsons III	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Douglas Forsmith	....	property master (68 episodes, 1974-1978)

Series Sound Department
Glenn E. Anderson	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Jeremy Hoenack	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bill Clove	....	special effects (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Stunts
Richard E. Butler	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1977)
May Boss	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Pepper Curtis	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Donna Garrett	....	stunt double: Angie Dickinson (unknown episodes)
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
James Winburn	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bergdahl	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1977)
Don Obarr	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Renée Valente	....	casting executive (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Al Onorato	....	casting supervisor (2 episodes, 1977)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Grady Hunt	....	wardrobe selector / wardrobe (5 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Music Department
Morton Stevens	....	composer: theme music (5 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1978)
Jack Carpenter	....	driver: camera car (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Edward DeBlasio	....	executive story consultant (6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Burke Mattsson	....	main title design / main title designer / ... (6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Louis H. Goldstein	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Michael Looney	....	location coordinator / production coordinator (3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Debra Miles	....	assistant to producer (2 episodes, 1977)
Barry Wexler	....	crab dolly operator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• David Gerber Productions

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1974-1978) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Other Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios  titles & opticals

Runtime:

60 min (91 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

RMS Queen Mary - 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

The pilot for this show aired on an episode of "Police Story" (1973) entitled "The Gamble". However, Angie Dickinson's character's name in that episode was Lisa Beaumont and Bert Convy played the role of her commanding officer. Convy was later replaced by Earl Holliman.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.51)" (2005)

Commentary

Okay,so I read two comments made about Angie Dickinson's classic 70's show Policewoman. The year this show came on in 1974,I was about nine years old.The year it when off the air I was 13 years old in 1978. I was fascinated by what I saw in the first two seasons of the show since Dickinson's character was always going undercover or in some of the episodes bounded and gagged,drugged or even at times kidnapped and it was always her male counterparts who were cops themselves,one of them played by Earl Holliman to save her but there were times that she mostly caught the bad guy(or in some instances they got away)who was running after them in high heels and those big ass shoes they had back then. The show premiered the same time as James Garner's Rockford Files and another cop show Police Story who were on the same network.This show had a lot going for it since the first two seasons of the show were compelling,but by the time the shows final two seasons came,it lost interest with its audience,and it was taken off the air by the executives at NBC-TV(which ran the series),and almost sent Angie Dickinson into a unknown abyss for more than 20 years after the original broadcast. The last time this show was seen was on New York's WOR-TV back in the 80's,and lost in space ever since.