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American Playhouse

★ 6.6/10•1982•1h 0m•TV-PG•Drama•Comedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

StatusEnded

Runtime1h 0m

LanguageEN

First Air DateJan 12, 1982

StatusEnded

Runtime1h 0m

LanguageEN

First Air DateJan 12, 1982

KCET

Episodes

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

John Cheever's comedy of a supposedly kidnapped five-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.

Jan 12, 1982

King of America

Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in 1915 America, and finds work on a railroad. However, after giving his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage beating, Andreas flees and makes his way west.

Jan 19, 1982

Seguin

In 19th-century Texas, soldier Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought at the Alamo and became a highly respected politician to insure better living conditions for his people. Frustration arose when American ranchers move into the flatlands bringing prejudice and bigotry against the Mexican populations.

Jan 26, 1982

Who Am I This Time?

Shy hardware store employee Harry Nash decides to step out of his comfort zone, and takes part in a local amateur theatre troupe, where he becomes the character he plays—literally. Helene Shaw is new in town, a lonely itinerant telephonist. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella in the troupe's production of A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Harry's Stanley. Before anyone realizes the growing affection between the two, Helene falls in love with the charming brute, unaware of the man Harry really is.

Feb 2, 1982

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

Feb 9, 1982

Come Along with Me

Recently widowed Mabel Lederer sells all her belongings and leaves 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.

Feb 16, 1982

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

Nameless women identified by color (e.g., Lady in Red, Lady in Blue) share their experiences with racism, sexism, abuse, and abandonment, ultimately finding strength and sisterhood.

Feb 23, 1982

Echoes and Silences

In search of Carl Sandburg, actor John Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, IL, speaking with close friends and family. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood – the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration – is revived in vivid detail.

Mar 2, 1982

Fifth of July

Ken Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot off seven years earlier. His lover Jed is bigger and stronger, a gardner, a good listener. On Independence Day 1977, Ken's home in Lebanon Missouri is visted by his army buddies. Much of their past relationships, pre- and post-Vietnam, must be pulled up and examined before any of them can decide their future.

Mar 9, 1982

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

Teenage Ralph recounts the Fourth of July and similar chaoses with his family and friends. Based on the writings of Jean Shepherd.

Mar 16, 1982

Pilgrim, Farewell

A woman suffering from terminal cancer determines to resolve several relationships in her life, especially with her daughter.

Mar 23, 1982

Northern Lights

On a North Dakota wheat farm at the turn of the 20th century, Ray Sorenson builds his world around childhood sweetheart Inga. Then Ray sees his plans come apart when the bank forecloses on his family's farm.

Mar 30, 1982

Medal of Honor Rag

A Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam vet has difficulty readjusting to civilian life, and turns to a psychiatrist for help when he finds himself descending to robbery.

Apr 6, 1982

Working

A musical following American workers from diverse backgrounds, from gravediggers to studio heads, exploring their feelings, frustrations, and search for meaning in their jobs.

Apr 13, 1982

Weekend

A drifting, affluent couple spend a weekend at their country home, where the husband cheats on his complacent wife as they host guests for their son's first birthday.

Apr 20, 1982

Private Contentment

A young soldier attends his mother's funeral just before he's shipped out to serve in World War II.

Apr 27, 1982

My Palikari

A middle-aged Greek immigrant visits his native village, with his American-born son in tow. The elder finds that the place he remembered as paradise on Earth now seems like a desolate wasteland, while the son, who has mede this journey reluctantly, falls in love with his ancestral homeland.

May 4, 1982

Oppenheimer (1)

1938: Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.

May 11, 1982

Oppenheimer (2)

1942: America is at war. Now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer's left-wing politics mean that he's constantly under surveillance by the FBI and others.

May 18, 1982

Oppenheimer (3)

1943: Oppenheimer is appointed director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI. Meanwhile, his extramarital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.

May 25, 1982

Oppenheimer (4)

Summer 1944: With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.

Jun 1, 1982

Oppenheimer (5)

May 1945: The European war is over but the conflict with Japan rages on. Oppenheimer discusses the almost completed atomic bomb with the Secretary of War. However, his colleagues have misgivings.

Jun 8, 1982

Oppenheimer (6)

1949: A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face the HUAC committee.

Jun 15, 1982

Oppenheimer (7)

December 1953: Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the AEC is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.

Jun 22, 1982

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

In 1901, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez is forced on the run from Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days following a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman.

Jun 29, 1982

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