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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: NOON WINE (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. Set on a small Midwestern farm in the early 1900's, this program is an adaptation of a short story by Katherine Anne Porter. The story concerns Royal Earle Thompson, a dairy farmer who struggles to sustain an unproductive farm with the help of his family. Olaf Helson, a taciturn Swedish immigrant, is hired to work on the farm, and it prospers under Helson's attention. But Thompson's good fortune dissipates with the arrival of a suspicious visitor, who reveals a mysterious secret about Helson's veiled past.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: January 21, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 1:24:30
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:21363
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; Farmers
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- James Ivory … Executive Producer
- Ismail Merchant … Executive Producer
- Doro Bachrach … Producer
- Marcus Viscidi … Associate Producer
- Charles Yassky … Music Producer
- Michael Fields … Director
- Katherine Anne Porter … Based on the short story by
- Michael Fields … Adapted by
- Paul Chihara … Music by
- Fred Ward … Cast, Royal Earle Thompson
- Stellan Skarsgard … Cast, Olaf Helson
- Adam Faraizl … Cast, Young Arthur
- Enrique Brown … Cast, Young Herbert
- Lise Hilboldt … Cast, Ellie Thompson
- James N. Harrell … Cast, Tom Allbright
- Jon Cryer … Cast, Teenage Herbert
- Brent Hadaway … Cast, Teenage Arthur
- Pat Hingle … Cast, Homer T. Hatch
- James Gammon … Cast, Sheriff
- Roberts Blossom … Cast, Mr. McClellan
- Wayne Tippet … Cast, Mr. Burleigh
- Billie Keller … Cast, Mrs. McClellan
- Shawn Satler … Cast, McClellan Boy
- Jerry Biggs … Cast, Mr. Manning
- Doris Hargrave … Cast, Mrs. Manning