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Release Date: 1964 Duration: 30 min Studio: ABC
Cast: Kimberly Beck, Henry Beckman, Frank Ferguson, Diana Hyland, Dorothy Malone, Leslie Nielsen, Ryan O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Gena Rowlands, Leigh Taylor-Young, Ruth Warrick, Lee Grant ...MORE
Cast: Kimberly Beck, Henry Beckman, Frank Ferguson, Diana Hyland, Dorothy Malone, Leslie Nielsen, Ryan O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Gena Rowlands, Leigh Taylor-Young, Ruth Warrick, Lee Grant, Michael Ch, Percy Rodriguez, Percy Rodriguez, Norman Mikeal-Berketa, Norman Mikeal-Berketa, Christopher Connelly, Susan Oliver LESS
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Peyton Place was America's first truly successful primetime serial. The series was the brainchild of veteran producer Paul Monash. Impressed with the success of Britain's monster hit Coronation... MORE
Peyton Place was America's first truly successful primetime serial. The series was the brainchild of veteran producer Paul Monash. Impressed with the success of Britain's monster hit Coronation Street, Monash wanted to import that UK series; however, ABC executives felt that US audiences would not cotton to the thick British accents and kitchen-sink drama. Monash countered with a slightly revamped version of Peyton Place, which had been a wildly popular novel by Grace Metalious and subsequent Hollywood film starring Lana Turner and Diane Varsi. While the book and series centered on the pious, hypocritical behavior of New England residents, the TV series eschewed most of that lasciviousness and told the story of life in a small New England village. In many ways, the TV program resembled a dramatic version of The Andy Griffith Show, featuring a recurring cast of warm, sympathetic characters who lived, loved, and died in a quaint town. Like the former series, Peyton Place was remark LESS
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