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American Playhouse (1982 – 1996)

1982 • 13 seasons • Drama, Comedy • TV-PG
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American Playhouse — Season 6

17 episodes · Jan 19, 1987

1. All My Sons
Jan 19, 1987 · 60m

Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.

2. The Prodigious Hickey
Jan 26, 1987 · 55m

In 1905, at the prestigious Lawrenceville School, chief prankster William 'Hickey' Hicks comes up with a scheme to make his shy, unpopular roommate a legend.

3. The Wide Net
Feb 2, 1987 · 55m

William Wallace searches for his pregnant wife, Hazel, who has withdrawn from him, using a net in the Pearl River during the vernal equinox, a ritualistic search that delves into the mysteries of relationships and the feminine.

4. Smooth Talk
Feb 9, 1987 · 92m

Bored with family life, 15-year-old Connie spends her summer at the mall and with friends, but her carefree attitude is shattered by a dangerous encounter with a menacing stranger who shows up at her home.

5. A Mistaken Charity
Feb 16, 1987 · 60m

Two elderly, impoverished women are forced from the family farm by well-meaning neighbors. Ensconced and miserable at a Home for Elderly Ladies, the duo begin their journey back home.

6. Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Mar 2, 1987 · 86m

A widowed mother, convinced by a fortune teller she will die soon, pressures her youngest daughter to marry, while the daughter feels guilty about leaving her alone, creating a subtle conflict and bonding experience.

7. Eleanor: In Her Own Words
Mar 9, 1987 · 60m

A one-woman show featuring Lee Remick as former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who gives forth with her views — many controversial at the time and which infuriated the right wing of both parties, as they still do today — on integration, wome…

8. The Innocents Abroad
Mar 23, 1987

Reporter Mark Twain tours Europe and the Holy Land for a San Francisco newspaper in 1867.

9. Story of a Marriage: Courtship
Apr 13, 1987

In the early 1900s, a young couple in love struggle with their deeply divided families. Elizabeth Vaughn hails from a wealthy, strict Methodist household. Horace Robedaux is viewed by her family as having poor prospects, as he has been larg…

10. Story of a Marriage: On Valentine's Day
Apr 13, 1987

When Elizabeth and Horace elope, the resulting familial estrangement establish independent life, build a marriage, and navigate early parenthood.

11. Story of a Marriage: 1918
May 4, 1987

During the height of World War I, Horace faces immense pressure to enlist, all while the deadly Spanish Influenza outbreak descends on the small Texas community.

12. Charley's Aunt
May 11, 1987 · 60m

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen S…

13. Gal Young 'Un
May 18, 1987 · 105m

In 1930s rural Florida, a middle-aged widow marries a younger, charming bootlegger who uses her for her money and property, leading to a story of exploitation and resilience as she confronts him and his young mistress.

14. The House of Blue Leaves
May 25, 1987 · 113m

Zoo attendant Artie Shaughnessy dreams of being a successful songwriter. What his mistress, Bunny Flingus, who lives downstairs from his Queens apartment won't tell him — and what his insane wife, Bananas, tries to get through to him — is t…

15. Blue Window
Jun 1, 1987 · 60m

In an affluent area of downtown New York City, a Sunday evening dinner party is hosted by Libby, an insecure thirty-something widow who lost her husband in an unfortunate accident. Her guest of honor is downstairs neighbor Alice, a successf…

16. Dottie
Jun 8, 1987 · 60m

Middle-aged recluse Dottie McCann, suffering from agoraphobia, is forced to confront her illness when she must make the difficult journey to travel to see her estranged sister, who is dying of leukemia.

17. Waiting for the Moon
Jun 15, 1987 · 88m

A fictionalized portrait of one of history's great literary couples, Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas. During a 1930s summer in France, Alice tends to ailing Gertrude; they visit Fernande Olivier, Guillaume Apollinaire, and others; and Hemi…