Suburban Beat

Suburban Beat
Directed by	Mike Vejar

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 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
• Jeff Pomerantz as
• Joe Santos as Sylvester Linus
• Liz Sheridan as
• Matthew Faison as
• Eric Stern as
• Lew Horn as
• Carol Lipin as
• Lowell Gytri as
• Channing Chase as
• Art Koustik as
• Howard Stover as
• John Bloom as

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).