American Playhouse
★ 6.6•1982•13 Seasons•
DramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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1. The Shady Hill Kidnapping
60mJohn 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.
Aired: 1/12/1982No Preview
2. King of America
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 1/19/1982No Preview
3. Seguin
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 1/26/1982No Preview
4. Who Am I This Time?
60mFrom 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.
Aired: 2/2/1982No Preview
5. Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 2/9/1982No Preview
6. Come Along With Me
60mMabel 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.
Aired: 2/16/1982No Preview
7. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 2/23/1982No Preview
8. Echoes and Silences
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Aired: 3/2/1982No Preview
9. Fifth of July
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 3/9/1982No Preview
10. The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
60mThe Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
Aired: 3/16/1982No Preview
11. Pilgrim Farewell
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 3/23/1982No Preview
12. Northern Lights
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 3/30/1982No Preview
13. Medal of Honor Rag
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 4/6/1982No Preview
14. Working
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 4/13/1982No Preview
15. Weekend
60mWeekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
Aired: 4/20/1982No Preview
16. Private Contentment
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 4/27/1982No Preview
17. My Palikari
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 5/4/1982No Preview
18. Oppenheimer (1)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 5/11/1982No Preview
19. Oppenheimer (2)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 5/18/1982No Preview
20. Oppenheimer (3)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 5/25/1982No Preview
21. Oppenheimer (4)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 6/1/1982No Preview
22. Oppenheimer (5)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 6/8/1982No Preview
23. Oppenheimer (6)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 6/15/1982No Preview
24. Oppenheimer (7)
60mNo overview available.
Aired: 6/22/1982No Preview
25. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
60mNo overview available.
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