Suburban Beat was a television pilot that aired on NBC on August 17, 1985, about a group of suburban ladies who take it upon themselves to solve a series of murders in their neighborhood. It was written by Eugenie Ross-Leming and Brad Buckner, and directed by Mike Vejar. The show was not successful enough to be picked up as a series.
Jenny Lewis played Jennifer, the daughter of Dee Wallace Stone's character.
Plot[]
After the dead body of Ruby Sidowicz is found in the suburbs of Jericho Downs, several ladies in the neighborhood discover clues that she was involved in a prostitution ring. When the police are unwilling to investigate further, the girls take it upon themselves to gather more evidence, but they find themselves involved in more murder and nearly get killed themselves before the criminals are finally captured.
Cast[]
- Dee Wallace Stone as Joanna
- Shelley Fabares as Mimi Gleskin
- Heather Langenkamp as Hope Sherman
- Patti Austin as Rosemary
- Stephen Parr as Sgt. Michael "Mike" DeSantis
- Jeff Severson as Charlie
- Elena Verdugo as Jeanette
- Ralph Bruneau as Darrell Sherman
- Sandy Martin as Contata
- Jenny Lewis as Jennifer
- Troy Eckert as Nils
- Sharon Spelman as Gaye Romanis
- Jeff Pomerantz as Eugene Moss
- Joe Santos as Sylvester Linus
- Liz Sheridan as Mrs. Walker
- Matthew Faison as Dave Sidowicz
- Eric Stern as Linus' henchman
- Lew Horn as Lars
- Carol Lipin as laundromat woman #1
- Lowell Gytri as Johann
- Channing Chase as laundromat woman #2
- Art Koustik as Phil Romanis
- Howard Stover as bellboy
- John Bloom as Ed the Hatchet
Other Information[]
- This is first of four times Jenny Lewis portrayed an off-brand Girl Scout. Her character Jennifer is a Campfire Girl. The other instances are in The Golden Girls (Sunshine Cadet), Troop Beverly Hills (Wilderness Girl) and Just the Ten of Us (Trail Ranger).
| Television | |
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| ABC | Baby Makes Five (1 2 3 4) • Webster (1) • Convicted • Life With Lucy (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13) • The Charmings (1) • Baby M • Mr. Belvedere (1) • Growing Pains (1) • Just the Ten of Us (1) • Have Faith (1) • Roseanne (1) • Free Spirit (1) • Talk to Me • Once and Again (1) |
| CBS | It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown • The Twilight Zone (1) • Who Gets the Friends? • My Father, My Son • Brooklyn Bridge (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18) • Runaway Father • Murder, She Wrote (1) • Sweet Temptation |
| NBC | Suburban Beat • Hell Town (1) • The Golden Girls (1) • A Place at the Table • Shannon's Deal (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15) • Baywatch (1) • Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter • Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story • Daddy |
| Showtime | Uncle Tom's Cabin • Runaway Daughters |
| Syndication | Card Sharks • Superstar Kids Challenge |
| The Disney Channel | A Friendship in Vienna |
| Fox | Get Real (1) |
