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AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE: THE SUNSET GANG {THE DETECTIVE} (TV)
Summary
One in this dramatic anthology series. This program is one of three features in "The Sunset Gang," a trilogy about a retirement community in Florida. The trilogy includes "Yiddish" and "The Home," and is based on a series of short stories by Warren Adler. "The Detective" concerns Seymour Shapiro (Stiller) and his wife, Bernice (Meara), who are perplexed by the mysterious disappearance of food from their refrigerator. They discover that several of their friends in Sunset Village are also baffled by similar raids on their pantries. Seymour, a devotee of detective novels, swings into action and tries to solve the phenomenon.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The Hearst Corporation, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: April 12, 1991
- RUNNING TIME: 0:53:24
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:24022
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Florida; Mystery/Suspense
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Lindsay Law … Executive Producer
- Linda Lavin … Executive Producer
- Roger L. Downey … Coordinating Producer
- Stan Wlodkowski … Producer
- Abby Wolf … Co-Producer
- Cecilia Kate Rogue … Co-Producer
- Nondas Voll … Associate Producer
- Anthony Drazan … Director
- Ronald Ribman … Writer
- Warren Adler … Based on the book by
- John Morris … Music by
- Anne Meara … Cast, Bernice
- Jerry Stiller … Cast, Seymour
- Ruth Vool … Cast, Harriet
- Francine Beers … Cast, Judy
- Rose Arrick … Cast, Marcia
- Sharon Shahinian … Cast, Mom
- Norman Golden … Cast, Phil
- Bernie Knee … Cast, Jake
- Ruth Sholes … Cast, Neighbor
- Richard Terry … Cast, Max
- Sy Bondy … Cast, Husband
- Ruth Geier-Price … Cast, Ruthie
- Vivian Gold … Cast, Grandma