Beverly May

Annesiyle birlikte seyahat ederken bir cinayete tanık olan Amişler’den küçük bir çocuk, John Book adında iyi kalpli bir polis tarafından korunmaya başlar. Zira katiller ailenin peşine düşmüştür. Book’un tek şansı çocuk ve annesiyle birlikte kayıplara karışmaktır...

John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a setup, the town swings into action to raise funds to meet the kidnappers' ransom demands. George Grizzard, Polly Holliday, Katharine Balfour and Celeste Holm star.

The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdrawal to his own world.

When hordes of gays and lesbians come out "of the closet" in the fictional town of Azalea Springs, Texas, intolerant residents go into a panic about the water supply.

A young woman, unable to handle the stress of raising a family, runs out on her husband and young daughter. 12 years later, she returns in hopes of rekindling a bond with them.

Two friends find themselves on opposite sides of a battle over a mountaintop removal coal mine.

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