American Playhouse S10E08 · Triple Play II

Overview

Three more short films: in 'Peacemaker', a 1950s father helps his 11-year-old son overcome his fear of the A-bomb; in 'The Price of Life', the hours of your life are a currency you can buy or sell, trade or squander...; and in 'Astronomy', a mother and her young daughter search for an escape from the poverty in which they live.

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1. 1 1. Into the Woods1991-03-15 · 2h 31mIn a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.
2. 2 2. The Grapes of Wrath1991-03-22 · 2h 22mTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the n
3. 3 3. Three Hotels1991-03-29 · 1h 0mAn American couple, Kenneth and Barbara Hoyle, reflect on their lives as players in international business, set in hotel rooms in Morocco, the Virgin Islands, and Oaxaca, Mexico.
4. 4 4. The Sunset Gang1991-04-05 · 3h 0mThree stories about the Jewish elderly in Florida: in 'Yiddish', a man and a woman, both married to others, form a bond through their native language; in 'The Detective', a married
5. 5 5. Signs of Life1991-04-26 · 1h 30mThe closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.
6. 6 6. The End of a Sentence1991-05-03 · 1h 0mSentenced to community service in a prison, an English professor teaches creative writing to an inmate.
7. 7 7. O Pioneers!1991-05-15 · 1h 39mA young woman inherits her father's farm after he dies. Over the years, she overcomes challenges and turns it into a success, all the while yearning for her childhood love to retur
8. 8 8. Triple Play II1991-05-21 · 1h 15mThree more short films: in 'Peacemaker', a 1950s father helps his 11-year-old son overcome his fear of the A-bomb; in 'The Price of Life', the hours of your life are a currency you
9. 9 9. Hot Summer Winds1991-05-22 · 1h 30mA look at the domestic tension between an illiterate Japanese immigrant farmer and his educated wife in 1930s California.
10. 10 10. The Plot Against Harry1991-05-31 · 1h 21mDeadpan, small-time Kosher Nostra mobster Harry Plotnick goes meshugga when he gets into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law.
11. 11 11. Darrow1991-06-07 · 1h 41mAmerican lawyer Clarence Darrow evolves from a corporate attorney to a champion of the underdog, defending labor leaders like Eugene V. Debs and later taking on high-profile cases
12. 12 12. The Hollow Boy1991-06-14 · 55mA lonely German boy, whose bigoted parents want him to constantly work in their bakery, finds solace in a close-knit, musically-gifted Jewish family in the apartment across the hal
13. 13 13. Misplaced1991-06-28 · 1h 38mThe story of strong-minded Polish mother Halina Nowak, who desperately wants her talented son Jacek to have a life in the free world.
14. 14 14. A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz1991-07-26 · 1h 30mExplores the complex, passionate, and often tumultuous relationship between the iconic artist and her mentor/husband, a pivotal figure in American modernism.
15. 15 15. Longtime Companion1991-09-29 · 1h 39mDuring the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious 'gay cancer' soon turns int
16. 16 16. Metropolitan1991-12-04 · 1h 39mA radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to di