Brian Svrusis

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with a bunch of kids after being conned into taking over a youth center.

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.