American Playhouse

S1 E1

American Playhouse — Season 1, Episode 4: Who Am I This Time?

Drama, Comedy60 min13 seasons, 177 episodes6.6/10

Episode synopsis

From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on screen. Susan Sarandon is new in town, a lonely itenerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Walken's Stanley when the theater group does A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the problem, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.

About American Playhouse

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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