The Shady Hill Kidnapping

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

Jan. 12, 1982

John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a setup, the town swings into action to raise funds to meet the kidnappers' ransom demands. George Grizzard, Polly Holliday, Katharine Balfour and Celeste Holm star.

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

Jan. 12, 1982

The Shady Hill Kidnapping
John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. An upper-middle-class suburb is turned upside-down by the apparent kidnapping of Toby Wooster (Garrett Hanf). Unaware that the whole thing is a setup, the town swings into action to raise funds to meet the kidnappers' ransom demands. George Grizzard, Polly Holliday, Katharine Balfour and Celeste Holm star.
Producers Thirteen, Public Broadcasting Service
Original title The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Directors Paul Bogart
Writers John Cheever

Cast

Garrett Hanf

as Toby

George Grizzard

as Mr. Wooster

Polly Holliday

as Mrs. Wooster

Judith Ivey

as Louise

Celeste Holm

as The Celebrity

E. Katherine Kerr

as The Woman

Alan Leach

as Clerk

Katherine Balfour

as Mrs. Brown

Paul Dooley

as Detective

George Hamlin

as Bank Officer

Beverly May

as Chairwoman

Ralph Clanton

as Harper

Minette Hirsch

as Mrs. Chomsky

Dorothy Blackburn

as Mrs. Worthington

Robert Hitt

as Cardigan

Stephen Burleigh

as Steve

John Cheever

as Narrator

Bob Dio

as Information Desk Officer