THANKSGIVING VISITOR, THE (TV)

Summary

A special presentation based on the autobiographical characters created by Truman Capote. In this drama, the gentle-but-simple Miss Sook takes care of her much younger cousin, Buddy, as he undergoes the difficulties of growing up in rural Alabama during the depression. She invites "Odd" Henderson, the bully who habitually taunts Buddy, to Thanksgiving dinner in an attempt to make peace. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: November 28, 1968 7:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:57:50
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T80:0155
• GENRE: Docudrama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Docudrama; Thanksgiving
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1968
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Xerox Corporation

CREDITS

• Frank Perry … Producer, Director
• Eleanor Perry … Writer
• Truman Capote … Adapted from the story by, Narrator
• Thomas Wagner … Music by
• Geraldine Page … Cast, Miss Sook
• Michael Kearney … Cast, Buddy
• Hansford Rowe III … Cast, "Odd Henderson"
• Joy Nicholson … Cast, Miss Armstrong
• Virginia Chews … Cast, First Cousin
• Lavinia Cassels … Cast, Second Cousin
• Neil Fitzgerald … Cast, Uncle B
• Pierre Epstein … Cast, Mr. Pruitt
• Georgia Simmons … Cast, Mary Wheelright
• Christopher Norris … Cast, Annabelle Conklin
• Hansford Rowe Jr. … Cast, Perk McCloud