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American Playhouse is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). [1] [2] [3] Overview. It premiered on January 12, 1982, with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart.
American Playhouse: With Jeffrey DeMunn, Elizabeth Franz, Edward Herrmann, Sada Thompson. Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.
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American Playhouse was an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart.
- January 12, 1982
Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in America in 1915. He finds work on a railroad, but soon gives his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage beating. Making his way west across the country, Andreas eventually comes upon another railroad looking for workers. It turns out Mekakis has gone westward, too.
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