The Five Forty-Eight

The Five Forty-Eight
Based on The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever
Screenplay by Terrence McNally
Directed by James Ivory
Starring Laurence Luckinbill
Mary Beth Hurt
Music by Jonathan Tunick
Country of origin United States
Original language English
Production
Executive producer Jac Venza
Producer Peter Weinberg
Cinematography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor David E. McKenna
Production company WNET
Original release
Network PBS
Release November 7, 1979

The Five Forty Eight is a 1979 American television adaptation of John Cheever's short story of the same name, directed by James Ivory.

Cast

  • Laurence Luckinbill as Blake
  • Mary Beth Hurt as Miss Dent
  • Laurinda Barrett as Louise Blake
  • Dale Hodges as Receptionist
  • Kathy Keeney as Anne Blake
  • Philip Scher as Charlie Blake
  • Jon De Vries as Henry Watkins
  • Nicholas Luckinbill as Tad Watkins
  • Ann McDonough as June Thorpe
  • Robert Hitt as Price
  • Tiger Haynes as Guard
  • Susan Hovey as Girl in elevator
  • John Ramsey as Bartender
  • John Harkins as Trace Bearden
  • Adam Petroski as Conductor