The Long Summer of George Adams


2h 1982

Brief Synopsis

James Garner is a homespun railroad man in Oklahoma of the 1950's whose future is jeopardized when diesel engines threaten to make his job obsolete, compounding domestic problems with his wife and the ridicule he faces from the town folks because of his second job as a watchman. Acting buddy Stuart

Film Details

Also Known As
Long Summer of George Adams
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1982
Production Company
NBC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

James Garner is a homespun railroad man in Oklahoma of the 1950's whose future is jeopardized when diesel engines threaten to make his job obsolete, compounding domestic problems with his wife and the ridicule he faces from the town folks because of his second job as a watchman. Acting buddy Stuart Margolin, a regular on most of Garner's various latter-day series, directed this comedy drama which the prolific John Gay adapted from Weldon Long's folksy book and Garner's own Cherokee Productions produced.

Film Details

Also Known As
Long Summer of George Adams
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1982
Production Company
NBC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

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Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States January 18, 1982

TV rating: TV-PG