The Shady Hill Kidnapping

59min

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

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.

Production Companies

Thirteen

Broadway Theatre Archive

Cast

George Grizzard

George Grizzard

Mr. Wooster
Polly Holliday

Polly Holliday

Mrs. Wooster
Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm

The Celebrity
Paul Dooley

Paul Dooley

Detective
George Hamlin

George Hamlin

Bank Officer
Beverly May

Beverly May

Chairwoman
Minette Hirsch

Minette Hirsch

Mrs. Chomsky
Dorothy Blackburn

Dorothy Blackburn

Mrs. Worthington
Robert Hitt

Robert Hitt

Cardigan
John Cheever

John Cheever

Narrator
Bob Dio

Bob Dio

Information Desk Officer

Release date

12th Jan 1982

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English