American Playhouse (1982)
Synopsis
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
First Air Date: 1982-01-12
Last Air Date: 1996-09-29
Number of Seasons: 13
Number of Episodes: 177
Networks: PBS
Top Cast
- Tim Woodward as Billy
- Frances Tomelty as Sheila Bennett Hatch
- Joe Morton as Carl Hatch
- John Malkovich as Lee
- Sada Thompson as Katherine Gerard
- Erick Ray Evans as Alvin
- Robert Oliveri as Young Nelson
- Celeste Holm as The Celebrity
- Blair Brown as N/A
- Mark Linn-Baker as N/A
Seasons
None (1982)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Shady Hill Kidnapping
John Cheever's comedy of a supposedly kidnapped 5-year-old boy. At first the police aren't interested until a ransom note is discovered. Then the town goes into action to support the finding of Toby.
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Ep. 2: King of America
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Ep. 3: Seguin
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Ep. 4: Who Am I This Time?
From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on screen. Susan Sarandon is new in town, a lonely itenerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Walken's Stanley when the theater group does A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the problem, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.
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Ep. 5: Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
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Ep. 6: Come Along With Me
Mabel Lederer is a recently widowed woman who sells all her belongings and leaves her home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
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Ep. 7: For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
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Ep. 8: Echoes and Silences
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Ep. 9: Fifth of July
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Ep. 10: The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
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Ep. 11: Pilgrim Farewell
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Ep. 12: Northern Lights
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Ep. 13: Medal of Honor Rag
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Ep. 14: Working
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Ep. 15: Weekend
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
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Ep. 16: Private Contentment
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Ep. 17: My Palikari
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Ep. 18: Oppenheimer (1)
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Ep. 19: Oppenheimer (2)
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Ep. 20: Oppenheimer (3)
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Ep. 21: Oppenheimer (4)
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Ep. 22: Oppenheimer (5)
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Ep. 23: Oppenheimer (6)
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Ep. 24: Oppenheimer (7)
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Ep. 25: The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
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