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American Playhouse

Season 1 Episode 9: Fifth of July

Ken Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot off seven years earlier. He is somewhat cynical. His lover Jed is bigger and stronger, a gardner, a good listener. On Independence Day 1977 Ken's home in Lebanon...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 2 King of America

2. King of America

Aired: Jan 18, 1982

Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in America in 1915. He finds wor...

Episode 3 Seguin

3. Seguin

Aired: Jan 25, 1982

Seguin was not at the Alamo. All defender at the Alamo were killed. Seguin li...

Episode 4 Who Am I This Time?

4. Who Am I This Time?

Aired: Feb 1, 1982

From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware sto...

Episode 6 Come Along with Me

6. Come Along with Me

Aired: Feb 15, 1982

Mabel Lederer is a recently widowed woman who sells all her belongings and le...

Episode 9 Fifth of July

9. Fifth of July

Aired: Mar 8, 1982

Ken Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot o...

Episode 11 Pilgrim, Farewell

11. Pilgrim, Farewell

Aired: Mar 22, 1982

A woman suffering from terminal cancer determines to resolve several relation...

Episode 12 Northern Lights

12. Northern Lights

Aired: Mar 29, 1982

On a North Dakota wheat farm at the turn of the 20th century, Ray Sorenson bu...

Episode 13 Medal of Honor Rag

13. Medal of Honor Rag

Aired: Apr 5, 1982

A Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam veteran has difficulty readjusting to civili...

Episode 14 Working

14. Working

Aired: Apr 12, 1982

A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book celebrating the lives of everyday...

Episode 15 Weekend

15. Weekend

Aired: Apr 19, 1982

Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.

Episode 16 Private Contentment

16. Private Contentment

Aired: Apr 27, 1982

A young soldier goes home to attend his mother's funeral just before being sh...

Episode 17 My Palikari

17. My Palikari

Aired: May 4, 1982

A middle-aged Greek immigrant visits his native village, with his American-bo...

Info about American Playhouse

Seasons: 13

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance