Film

The Shady Hill Kidnapping

1982 · 59m · 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.

Garrett Hanf

Toby

George Grizzard

Mr. Wooster

Polly Holliday

Mrs. Wooster

David Marshall Grant

Bob

Judith Ivey

Louise

Celeste Holm

The Celebrity

E. Katherine Kerr

The Woman

Alan Leach

Clerk

Katherine Balfour

Mrs. Brown

Paul Dooley

Detective

George Hamlin

Bank Officer

Beverly May

Chairwoman

Ralph Clanton

Harper

Minette Hirsch

Mrs. Chomsky

Dorothy Blackburn

Mrs. Worthington

Robert Hitt

Cardigan

• Paul BogartDirector
• John CheeverWriter
• Jac VenzaExecutive Producer
• Howard FeuerCasting
• Jeremy RitzerCasting

Release date

January 12, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

59m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie