# Policewoman Centerfold > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Policewoman_Centerfold > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Policewoman_Centerfold.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policewoman_Centerfold > Source revision: 1354660750 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1983 television film directed by Reza Badiyi Policewoman Centerfold Promotional advertising for the movie Genre Drama Written by Jan Worthington Directed by Reza Badiyi Starring Melody Anderson Ed Marinaro Music by Fred Karlin Country of origin United States Original language English Production Executive producer Frank von Zerneck Producer Robert M. Sertner Production location Albuquerque, New Mexico Cinematography Woody Omens Editor Robert Florio Running time 100 minutes Production company Moonlight Productions Original release Network NBC Release October 17, 1983 (1983-10-17) ***Policewoman Centerfold*** is a 1983 television movie starring [Melody Anderson](/source/Melody_Anderson) and [Ed Marinaro](/source/Ed_Marinaro), loosely based on the story of police officer Barbara Schantz who posed for *[Playboy](/source/Playboy)* magazine in 1982.[1] ## Cast - [Melody Anderson](/source/Melody_Anderson) as Jennifer Oaks - [Ed Marinaro](/source/Ed_Marinaro) as Nick Velano - [Donna Pescow](/source/Donna_Pescow) as Sissy Owens - Greg Monaghan as Chris Sands - [Bert Remsen](/source/Bert_Remsen) as Captain David Buckman - [David Spielberg](/source/David_Spielberg) as Steve Jones - Michael LeClair as Skip Oaks - [Andrea Howard](/source/Andrea_Howard) as Margo Syms - [David Haskell](/source/David_Haskell) as Todd Walker - [Jerry Supiran](/source/Jerry_Supiran) as Tommy Oaks ## Reception It first aired on Monday, October 17, 1983, and was the seventh most-watched prime time program in the United States for the week, out-drawing *[Monday Night Football](/source/Monday_Night_Football)*.[2][3] It was rebroadcast in early July 1985, during the American summer TV season, when it was the most-viewed program of the week.[4] Upon its release, one review noted that the lead role "is not one offering much opportunity for an acting tour de force, but Anderson does manage to make the woman an understandable, sympathetic figure." It was also noted that the subject matter of the movie was a plain attempt at "exploitation and titillation" to get ratings (which plainly worked), although the title and hype did not reflect that that movie actually "downplays the sensational aspects of the matter to concentrate on the motivation of the woman and the aftermath of the photos publication."[5] ## Release The film was released on [VHS](/source/VHS) in 1986.[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-people1_1-0)** (17 October 1983). [Picks and Pans Review: Policewoman Centerfold](http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-policewoman-centerfold-vol-20-no-16/), *People* 1. **[^](#cite_ref-firstair_2-0)** (27 October 1983). [CBS and ABC battle for top spot in ratings](https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1983/di1983-10-27.pdf), *Daily Iowan* (UPI), p. 17 1. **[^](#cite_ref-footballz_3-0)** Schulze, Laurie. *The Made-for-TV Movie: Industrial Practice, Cultural Form, Popular Reception*, in Balio, Tino. [Hollywood in the Age of Television](https://books.google.com/books?id=685iAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357), p. 357 (2013) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-reruns_4-0)** (11 July 1985). [Reruns keep NBC on top of ratings](https://web.archive.org/web/20171010054550/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1985-07-11/features/8501280241_1_miami-vice-cbs-and-nbc-ratings-battle), *Sun Sentinel* (UPI) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-mainreview_5-0)** (17 October 1983). [Don't judge 'Centerfold' by its title](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64128625/), *San Bernardino County Sun* (wire story) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bb_6-0)** (26 April 1986) *New Releases*, *Billboard*, p. 40 ## External links - [*Policewoman Centerfold*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086128/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Movie trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbA9MQcJEw) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Policewoman Centerfold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policewoman_Centerfold) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policewoman_Centerfold?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.