Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is an American comedy-drama television film about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders directed by Bruce Bilson and starring Jane Seymour, Laraine Stephens, and Bert Convy.
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Plot
Newspaper editor Lyman Spencer (Bert Convy) decides to send his girlfriend, Laura Cole (Jane Seymour), who is also a reporter on the paper, undercover to try out for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in order to do an insider's story on the squeaky-clean sideline dancers.
Release and reception
The film was released on January 14, 1979, a week before the Dallas Cowboys played in the Super Bowl XIII, receiving a 48% share of the national television audience.
Cast
Jane Seymour as Laura Cole
Laraine Stephens as Suzanne Mitchell
Bert Convy as Lyman Spencer
Bucky Dent as Kyle Jessop
Pamela Susan Shoop as Betty Denton
Ellen Bry as Joanne Vail
Jenifer Shaw as Kim Everly
Kathrine Baumann as Ginny O'Neil
Lauren Tewes as Jessie Matthews
Texie Waterman as Herself
Ron Chapman as Himself
Irma P. Hall as Dora
Jim Beaver as Cowboy Player
Gil Brandt as Himself