» Secret Service (Broadway Theatre Archive)
Price: $13.24
Rating: 4.0 / 5.00 (1 review)
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Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Starring: Lenny Baker, Frederick Coffin, Alice Drummond, Joe Grifasi, David Harris
Rating: 4.0 / 5.00 (1 review)
Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Starring: Lenny Baker, Frederick Coffin, Alice Drummond, Joe Grifasi, David Harris
Secret Service (Broadway Theatre Archive) Details
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769796185
Format: Color
ISBN: 0769796184
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-06-11
Running Time: 117
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1977-01-12
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Secret Service (Broadway Theatre Archive) Reviews
Customer Rating:Summary: Better than I remembered!
Comment: Many years ago I had the pleasure of seeing this filmed stage play on PBS and am delighted to see it was finally released on video. Based on the William Gillette play, this Civil War spy story features (VERY young) John Lithgow, Meryl Streep, and Charles Kimbrough (best known for his work in 'Murphy Brown') in the lead roles. (Look quickly for Jeffrey Jones of 'Ferris Buller' fame in a bit as a Southern soldier.)
Lithgow is especially wonderful as the Northern spy passing for Southern officer who loves Southern belle, Streep, but cannot (or can he/) let that interfere with his work. Kimbrough plays the rather smarmy suitor to Streep with great panache.
The old-fashioned plot offers no surprises, but just sit back and enjoy. I think you'll find this one is worth it.
Editorial Review for Secret Service (Broadway Theatre Archive):
Featuring Meryl Streep, John Lithgow, and Mary Beth Hurt in one of their earliest television appearances, this 1895 thriller by William Gillette tells the tale of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office in Richmond, Virginia in 1864. Posing as a wounded Confederate captain named Thorne, the spy's false orders to a Confederate Army commander raise the suspicions of a southern agent, who uses a local girl in love with Thorne as his reluctant accomplice to set a trap. "...more turns then a corps de ballet in frenzied heat." --The New York Times