Beverly Garland Remembered via Police Woman -Decoy

The first Police Woman was not Angie Dickenson. In fact you have to go back more than a decade to find the erstwhile Beverly Garland breaking the mold of male crime solvers as 'Casey Jones'. So politically incorrect, yet so much fun to watch. Beverly Garland was a journeyman Hollywood character actress when she made the switch to TV to make this show. It only lasted a little more than a year and it probably hurt her career more than it helped it. After the Police Woman stint Beverly ended up a Roger Corman star in some really legendary American International movies. History would honor her work in this era, but at the time she was left to guest spots on TV until she broke through with starring roles in My Three Sons and then Scarecrow and Mrs. King.