American Playhouse
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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Trailer
PBS - American Playhouse 1995 Opening Funding Credits
Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Shady Hill Kidnapping
12-01-198260mJohn 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 t...
- Ep 2
2.King of America
19-01-198260m - Ep 3
3.Seguin
26-01-198260m - Ep 4
4.Who Am I This Time?
02-02-198260mFrom 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 co...
- Ep 5
5.Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
09-02-198260m - Ep 6
6.Come Along With Me
16-02-198260mMabel 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...
- Ep 7
7.For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
23-02-198260m - Ep 8
8.Echoes and Silences
02-03-198260m - Ep 9
9.Fifth of July
3.009-03-198260m - Ep 10
10.The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
16-03-198260mThe Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
- Ep 11
11.Pilgrim Farewell
23-03-198260m - Ep 12
12.Northern Lights
30-03-198260m - Ep 13
13.Medal of Honor Rag
06-04-198260m - Ep 14
14.Working
13-04-198260m - Ep 15
15.Weekend
20-04-198260mWeekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
- Ep 16
16.Private Contentment
27-04-198260m - Ep 17
17.My Palikari
04-05-198260m - Ep 18
18.Oppenheimer (1)
11-05-198260m - Ep 19
19.Oppenheimer (2)
18-05-198260m - Ep 20
20.Oppenheimer (3)
25-05-198260m - Ep 21
21.Oppenheimer (4)
01-06-198260m - Ep 22
22.Oppenheimer (5)
08-06-198260m - Ep 23
23.Oppenheimer (6)
15-06-198260m - Ep 24
24.Oppenheimer (7)
22-06-198260m - Ep 25
25.The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
29-06-198260m
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