Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Palmerstown, U.S.A. | |
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Also known as | Palmerstown |
Genre | Drama |
Starring |
Jonelle Allen Bill Duke Star-Shemah Bobatoon Jermain Hodge Johnson Beeson Carroll Janice St. John Michael J. Fox Brian Godfrey Wilson Kenneth White Iris Korn (1981) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Norman Lear Alex Haley |
Running time | 1 hour |
Production company(s) |
Haley Productions T.A.T. Communications |
Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | March 20, 1980 – June 9, 1981 |
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (shortened to Palmerstown in March 1981) is a television drama series that aired on CBS from March 20, 1980 to June 9, 1981. It was produced by Norman Lear and Alex Haley, whose childhood was the basis for the series. It tells the story of two nine-year-old boys in the rural Southern community of Palmerstown who become best friends during the Great Depression, despite one being black and the other being white.
Cast
- Jonelle Allen as Bessie Freeman
- Bill Duke as Luther Freeman
- Star-Shemah Bobatoon as Diana Freeman
- Jermain Hodge Johnson as Booker T. Freeman
- Beeson Carroll as W.D. Hall
- Janice St. John as Coralee Hall
- Michael J. Fox as Willy-Joe Hall
- Brian Godfrey Wilson as David Hall
- Kenneth White as The Sheriff
- Iris Korn as Widder Brown (1981)
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