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

Creator:

Robert L. Collins
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown

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 & 15 nominations

Cast

Angie Dickinson	...	Sgt. Suzanne 'Pepper' Anderson (91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Earl Holliman	...	Lt. Bill Crowley / ... (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		(14 episodes, 1974-1978)
John Newland		(13 episodes, 1974-1978)
Barry Shear		(12 episodes, 1974-1977)
David Moessinger		(6 episodes, 1975-1978)
Alexander Singer		(5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Corey Allen		(5 episodes, 1976-1978)
Richard Benedict		(4 episodes, 1974-1978)
Douglas Benton		(4 episodes, 1975-1978)
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
Robert L. Collins		(91 episodes, 1974-1978)
Edward DeBlasio		(15 episodes, 1974-1978)
Gregory K. Scott		(9 episodes, 1974-1977)
Douglas Benton		(7 episodes, 1974-1978)
Sean Baine		(6 episodes, 1975-1978)
Frank Telford		(5 episodes, 1974-1977)
David Moessinger		(5 episodes, 1975-1978)
Daniel B. Ullman		(4 episodes, 1974-1978)
Shimon Wincelberg		(4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Richard M. Bluel		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Joshua Hanke		(3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Burton Armus		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
Gabe Essoe		(3 episodes, 1975-1977)
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)
E. Arthur Kean		(2 episodes, 1975-1977)
S.S. Schweitzer		(2 episodes, 1975-1976)
Don Balluck		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Stanley Roberts		(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 (30 episodes, 1974-1977)
George Lehr	....	associate producer / co-producer (30 episodes, 1974-1977)
Abram S. Ginnes	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Richard Shores		(14 episodes, 1974-1976)
Morton Stevens		(6 episodes, 1974-1977)
Jerrold Immel		(4 episodes, 1975-1976)
John Carl Parker		(3 episodes, 1974)
George Romanis		(2 episodes, 1974)
Pete Rugolo		(2 episodes, 1974)
Bruce Broughton		(unknown episodes)
Gerald Fried		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Robert C. Moreno		(28 episodes, 1974-1977)
Gerald Perry Finnerman		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Film Editing by
Jack Kampschroer		(11 episodes, 1974-1977)
Dann Cahn		(9 episodes, 1974-1975)
Richard M. Sprague		(9 episodes, 1974-1975)
Albert P. Wilson		(2 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Casting by
Sally Powers		(29 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(30 episodes, 1974-1977)
Robert Purcell		(28 episodes, 1974-1977)
Zoltan Müller		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(29 episodes, 1974-1977)
Sal Blydenburgh		(22 episodes, 1974-1975)
Fred Goetz		(5 episodes, 1975-1977)
John Franco Jr.		(3 episodes, 1974)

Series Costume Design by
Grady Hunt		(21 episodes, 1974-1977)

Series Makeup Department
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (30 episodes, 1974-1977)
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (8 episodes, 1975-1977)

Series Production Management
Jack Cunningham	....	unit production manager (22 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ray DeCamp	....	unit production manager (4 episodes, 1975-1976)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ray DeCamp	....	assistant director (14 episodes, 1974-1976)
Jon C. Andersen	....	assistant director (10 episodes, 1974-1975)
Gary LaPoten	....	assistant director trainee (3 episodes, 1975)
Tom McCrory	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1975)
Lindsley Parsons III	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lou Watt	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Douglas Forsmith	....	property master (58 episodes, 1974-1978)

Series Sound Department
William Andrews	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Richard Friedman	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Stan Gilbert	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Jeremy Hoenack	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Bob J. Human	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Al Kajita	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Marvin I. Kosberg	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Jack Milner	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Hans Newman	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Hank Salerno	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Leon Selditz	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Larry Singer	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Luke Wolfram	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 1976)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	production sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bill Clove	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Stunts
Richard E. Butler	....	stunt coordinator (3 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 (7 episodes, 1975-1977)
Don Obarr	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Renée Valente	....	casting executive (26 episodes, 1974-1975)
Al Onorato	....	casting supervisor (4 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Grady Hunt	....	wardrobe selector (1 episode, 1977)

Series Music Department
Morton Stevens	....	composer: theme music (29 episodes, 1974-1977)

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

Series Other crew
Burke Mattsson	....	title designer: main titles (30 episodes, 1974-1977)
Edward DeBlasio	....	executive story consultant (29 episodes, 1974-1977)
Louis H. Goldstein	....	production coordinator (25 episodes, 1974-1977)
B.J. Smith	....	first aid (6 episodes, 1977-1978)
Michael Looney	....	production coordinator / location coordinator (5 episodes, 1975-1977)
Debra Miles	....	assistant to producer (4 episodes, 1976-1977)
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
• Shout! Factory (2012) (USA) (DVD) (season two)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (complete first season)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Other Companies

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

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (91 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

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:

Spoofed in "SCTV: Fighting Air Dogs (#2.15)" (1978)

Pepper ROCKS!!!

I am a huge Angie Dickinson fan. I was very young when Police Woman aired on NBC but I remember bits and pieces of it. I always thought Pepper was just tops. She had FAR more ability than the Angels did...IMO the Angels got made too easily...

I have season one on DVD and I love every episode. I know that the quality of the show went down after s1...thanks to politics and idiotic big bosses...BUT...I've seen some eps of the later seasons and EVEN THOUGH Pepper was tamer than in season one...there are still scenes in these eps where Pepper shines...in fact it seems that the most important dialogue in said eps come from Pepper....so let's not dismiss the other seasons because the quality is not as good as the first season.

Like someone else said...Police Woman covered MANY topics that were deemed risqué' or just weren't covered at that time in television. In the episode Bloody Nose, the subject is the battered husband...something we didn't hear about back then...and is REALLY just now getting news. And then I had forgotten the one with the battered wife that moves into Pepper's apartment complex.

And I like the observation someone else wrote about the little things like Pepper's condo and I would add her wardrobe...both something you'd see someone with her salary living in and wearing.

It really is a shame that this show doesn't get the props it deserves. Yes, it was flawed in the later seasons...but it doesn't take away from the fact that it was a good show with good topics...and it didn't have to get all sleazy like TV has become today.

I hope SONY gets the point and releases the rest of the seasons on dvdsets.