Playmate of the Month
Debbie Boostrom gatefold photographed by Mario Casilli.

Interview
George Gildner by Michael Laurence.

20 Questions
Joan Rivers by Robert Crane.

Features
"Inside the New Right War Machine" by Peter Ross Range
"Freedom Fighters" by Edward Roeder
"Roll Over, Beethoven" by Norman Eisenberg
"Playboy's Pro Football Preview" by Anson Mount
"The Vanishing-Suitcase Caper" by Peter S. Greenberg
"The Bombayment Method" by Reg Potterton.

Valerie Perrine (cover and inside) cover photographed by Tom Staebler and inside photographed by Stan Malinowski, "The Girls of Summer" pictorial photographed by Stan Malinowski.