American Playhouse — Season 1, Episode 4: Who Am I This Time?
Drama, Comedy • 60 min • 13 seasons, 177 episodes • ★ 6.6/10
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Shady Hill Kidnapping
- E2King of America
- E3Seguin
- E5Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
- E6Come Along With Me
- E7For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
- E8Echoes and Silences
- E9Fifth of July
- E10The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
- E11Pilgrim Farewell
- E12Northern Lights
- E13Medal of Honor Rag