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NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie:
The Snoop Sisters (1972-74)
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NBC WEDNESDAY MYSTERY MOVIE: THE SNOOP SISTERS
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Talent Associates-Norton Simon, Inc.
in association with
Universal Television/ Universal City Studios/ an MCA Company
for
NBC (Wednesdays 8:30-10:00 PM ET)
Executive Producer Douglas Benton/ Leonard B. Stern
Characters created by Alan Shayne

US Crime Mystery series 1972 2hr pilot + 1973-74  4 episodes x 90 min
Starring
Helen Hayes as Ernesta Snoop
Mildred Natwick as Gwen Snoop

Also Starring:
Lou Antonio as Barney, the Chauffer
Bert Convy as Lt. Steve Ostrowski (series)
Lawrence Pressman as Lt. Steve Ostrowski (pilot)

############## The Snoop Sisters #############
################ Pilot TV Film ###############
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THE SNOOP SISTERS (pilot) aka FEMALE INSTINCT (2hr Pilot TV Film)
18Dec72 NBC
Produced by Douglas Benton
Teleplay by Leonard Stern and Hugh Wheeler
Story by Leonard Stern
Directed by Leonard B. Stern
director of photography Harry Wolf, ASC
music by Jerry Fielding
Starring
Helen Hayes (as Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (as Gwen Snoop)
Also Starring: (in alphabetical order)
Charlie Callas
Jill Clayburgh
Bill Dana
Ed Flanders
Kurt Kasznar
Ed Platt
Kent Smith
Craig Stevens
Fritz Weaver
and:
Lawrence Pressman ......... Lt. Ostrowski
Guest Star:
Paulette Goddard
Special Guest Star:
Art Carney .................... Barney
The Snoop Sisters, two crime writers, turned detectives,
investigate the death of a film star.

# NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie: Snoop Sisters #
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NBC Wednesdays 8:30-10:00 PM Eastern
Rotated with "Faraday & Company" "Tenafly" and season 2 of "Banacek"

1.1 [--] The Snoop Sisters: CORPSE AND ROBBERS (90 min. slot)
19Dec73 NBC Wed
Executive Producer Leonard B. Stern
Produced by Tony Barrett
Production Supervised by Alan Shayne
Teleplay by Leonard B. Stern
Story by Don Ingalls
Directed by Leonard J. Horn
Director of Photography Harry Wolf, ASC
Starring
Helen Hayes (as Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (as Gwen Snoop)
Also Starring:
Lou Antonio ............... Barney, the Chauffer (regular)
Bert Convy ................ Lt. Steve Ostrowski (regular)
Guest Stars:
Sam Jaffe
Victor Buono
Neva Patterson
Kaz Garas
Special Guest Star:
Geraldine Page
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Logan Ramsay ............. Dr. Drucker
Liam Dunn ................ Franklin Birdwall
Donald Moffat ............ Shrian Danforth
Lester Rowlins ........... Waterhaven
Jim Antonio .............. Fred Hildebrand
Harvey J. Goldenberg ..... Bowling Clerk
Milt Moss ................ Artie
With:
Ned Wertimer
Paul Peppi
Patrick O'Hara
Barbara Lerner
Mary Betten
James Wellman

1.2 [--] The Snoop Sisters: FEAR IS A FREE-THROW (90 min. slot)
29Jan74 NBC Wed
Produced by Tony Barrett
Associate Producer Ted Rich (end credits)
Written by Dorothy Herald
Directed by Boris Sagal
Director of Photography Robert Wyckoff
Starring
Helen Hayes (as Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (as Gwen Snoop)
Also Starring:
Lou Antonio ............. Barney, the Chauffer (regular)
Bert Convy .............. Lt. Steve Ostrowski (regular)
Guest Stars:
Bernie Casey ............ Willie Bates
Walter Pidgeon .......... Kieth Follette
Bo Svenson
Steve Allen ............ himself
Special Guest Star:
Maurice Evans .......... Judge
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Gloria Hendry ........... Mary Wilson
Warren Vanders .......... Rakovich
Ji-Tu Cumbuka ........... Jim Suanders
Jackie Riley ............ Ollie Robertson
Richard O'Brien ......... Officer McDonald
Karen Jensen ............ Starlet
Ernesta and Gwen Snoop, intrepid mystery-writing sisters
are about to appear on a television talk show with basketball
star Willie Bates when the athlete beomes violently ill.

1.3 [--] The Snoop Sisters: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (90 min. slot)
5Mar74 NBC Wed
Produced by Tony Barrett
Production Supervised by Alan Shayne
Associate Producer Ted Rich (end credits)
Written by Tony Barrett and Robert Forster
Directed by Leonard Horn
Director of Photography Harry Wolf, A.S.C.
Starring
Helen Hayes (as Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (as Gwen Snoop)
Also Starring:
Lou Antonio ............. Barney, the Chauffer (regular)
Bert Convy .............. Lt. Steve Ostrowski (regular)
Guest Stars:
Cyril Ritchard
Joan Blondell
Barbara Baxley
Special Guest Stars:
Greg Morris
George Maharis ........ Robert Duware
Introducing:
Alice Cooper
*
With: (end credits)
Lawrence Casey ......... David Anders
Eve McVeagh ............ Coven Member
Gertrude Flynn ......... Woman
George Sawaya .......... Scarface
Richard Ryal ........... Male Coven Member
Jeff Burton ............ Phillips
Jim Malinda ............ Perelli
Robert Petersen ........ O'Toole
The Snoop Sisters track down a group of Satanists who they believe
are responsible for the death of a young man.

1.4 [--] The Snoop Sisters: BLACK DAY FOR BLUEBEARD (90 min. slot)  (final episode)
19Mar74 NBC Wed
Produced by Tony Barrett
Production Supervised by Alan Shayne
Associate Producer Ted Rich (end credits)
Teleplay by Tony Barrett & Robert Forster and Jackson Gillis
Story by Jackson Gillis
Directed by David Friedkin
Director of Photography Harry Wolf, A.S.C.
Starring
Helen Hayes (as Ernesta Snoop), Mildred Natwick (as Gwen Snoop)
Also Starring:
Lou Antonio ............. Barney, the Chauffer (regular)
Bert Convy .............. Lt. Steve Ostrowski (regular)
Guest Stars:
Vincent Price
Tammy Grimes
David Huddleston
William Devane
And:
Roddy McDowell ......... Lionel Standish
Special Guest Star:
Mort Sahl
*
Also Starring: (end credits)
Katherine Helmomd ...... Cissy
With:
Angelo Rossito .......... Little Igor
Redmond Gleeson ......... O'Toole
The Snoop Sisters investigate the death of a woman during a film
festival honoring the work of her husband a faded horror film star.

# NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie: Snoop Sisters #
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