Playboy 1979 12 Dec

Gala Christmas Issue

Playmate of the Month 
Candace Collins photographed by Richard Fegley.

Interview 
Al Pacino by Lawrence Grobel.

Personality 
"Berserk Angel" (Richard Pryor) by William Brashler.

Features 
"The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer 
"Sex in America: Los Angeles" by Barry Farrell and Penelope McMillan 
"Hollywood" by James Wohl 
"A Bonehead Course in N.F.L. Betting" by Lawrence Linderman 
"Playboy's College Basketball Preview" by Anson Mount.

Playmates Forever! 
Connie Kreski, Neva Gilbert, De De Lind, Reagan Diana Wilson, Nancy Scott, Jo Collins, Eleanor Bradley, Lisa Baker, Jean Bell, Sharon Johansen, Liv Lindeland Keidi Becker and Miki Garcia photographed by Mario Casilli.

Sex Stars of 1979 
Laura Antonelli, Richard Gere, Frank Langella, Farrah Fawcett, Shelley Hack, Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Sylvester Stallone, Susan Anton, Cheryl Tiegs, Christopher Reeve, Natassja Kinski, Corinne Clery, Lois Chiles, Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Susan Sarandon, Dayle Haddon, Sydne Rome, Barbara Carrera, Sylvia Kristel, Lesley-Anne Down, Valerie Perrine, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Suzanne Somers, John Trovolta, Bette Midler, Rod Stewart, Roy Scheider, Madleen Kane, Michele Drake, Dorothy Stratten, Susan Kiger, Cyndi Wood, Claudia Jennings, Steve Martin, George Hamilton, Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Colleen Camp, William Katt, Cindy Pickett, D. D. Winters, Sybil Danning and Bo Derek(not all previously named are nude).

Raquel Welch (cover and inside) photographed by Chris Von Wangenheim and Tony Kent.