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American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982 - 1996

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

12th January 1982
Episode 1
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.

King of America

19th January 1982
Episode 2
No overview available.

Seguin

26th January 1982
Episode 3
No overview available.

Who Am I This Time?

2nd February 1982
Episode 4
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.

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

9th February 1982
Episode 5
No overview available.

Come Along With Me

16th February 1982
Episode 6
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.

For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf

23rd February 1982
Episode 7
No overview available.

Echoes and Silences

2nd March 1982
Episode 8
No overview available.

Fifth of July

9th March 1982
Episode 9
No overview available.

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

16th March 1982
Episode 10
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.

Pilgrim Farewell

23rd March 1982
Episode 11
No overview available.

Northern Lights

30th March 1982
Episode 12
No overview available.

Medal of Honor Rag

6th April 1982
Episode 13
No overview available.

Working

13th April 1982
Episode 14
No overview available.

Weekend

20th April 1982
Episode 15
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.

Private Contentment

27th April 1982
Episode 16
No overview available.

My Palikari

4th May 1982
Episode 17
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (1)

11th May 1982
Episode 18
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (2)

18th May 1982
Episode 19
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (3)

25th May 1982
Episode 20
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (4)

1st June 1982
Episode 21
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (5)

8th June 1982
Episode 22
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (6)

15th June 1982
Episode 23
No overview available.

Oppenheimer (7)

22nd June 1982
Episode 24
No overview available.

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

29th June 1982
Episode 25
No overview available.
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American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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