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GREAT PERFORMANCES: THREE CHEEVER STORIES #1: THE SORROWS OF GIN {PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
Premiere of this series of dramatizations of short stories by John Cheever. In this drama, set in affluent Shady Hill, young Amy blames her parents' lack of attention to her on their frequent gin consumption. To remedy this, she secretly pours the gin down the drain. (Presented under the umbrella title of "Great Performances.")
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: October 24, 1979 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:59:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0866
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Exxon collection; Drama
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1974-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jac Venza … Executive Producer
- Ann Blumenthal … Producer
- Peter Weinberg … Producer
- J. Stephen Fairchild … Associate Producer
- Noam Yerushalmi … Associate Producer
- Jack Hofsiss … Director
- Wendy Wasserstein … Writer
- John Cheever … Based on the story by
- Jonathan Tunick … Music by
- Edward Herrmann … Cast, Kip Lawton
- Mara Hobel … Cast, Amy Lawton
- Sigourney Weaver … Cast, Marcia Lawton
- Eileen Heckart … Cast, Rosemary
- Charlotte Moore … Cast, Nancy Bearden
- Holland Taylor … Cast, Beverly Trencher
- Baxter Harris … Cast, Bill Trencher
- John Harkins … Cast, Trace Bearden
- Marcella Lowry … Cast, Ruby
- Rachel Roberts … Cast, Mrs. Henlein
- Sally-Jane Heit … Cast, New Girl
- William Prince … Cast, Carl