The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)

8.0/10 • 59 min • Comedy Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

George Grizzard

Mr. Wooster

Polly Holliday

Mrs. Wooster

David Marshall Grant

Bob

Judith Ivey

Louise

Celeste Holm

The Celebrity

E. Katherine Kerr

The Woman

Paul Dooley

Detective

Ralph Clanton

Harper

John Cheever

Narrator

Bob Dio

Information Desk Officer

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