American Playhouse Season 1

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Season 01, Episode 01 The Shady Hill Kidnapping

S01 E01

Jan 12, 1982

The Shady Hill Kidnapping Jan 12, 1982

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S01 E02

Jan 19, 1982

King of America Jan 19, 1982

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S01 E03

Jan 26, 1982

Seguin Jan 26, 1982

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Season 01, Episode 04 Who Am I This Time?

S01 E04

Feb 2, 1982

Who Am I This Time? Feb 2, 1982 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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Season 01, Episode 05 Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

S01 E05

Feb 9, 1982

Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine Feb 9, 1982

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Season 01, Episode 06 Come Along With Me

S01 E06

Feb 16, 1982

Come Along With Me Feb 16, 1982

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Season 01, Episode 07 For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf

S01 E07

Feb 23, 1982

For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf Feb 23, 1982

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Season 01, Episode 08 Echoes and Silences

S01 E08

Mar 2, 1982

Echoes and Silences Mar 2, 1982

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S01 E09

Mar 9, 1982

Fifth of July Mar 9, 1982

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Season 01, Episode 10 The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

S01 E10

Mar 16, 1982

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters Mar 16, 1982 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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