American Playhouse · SEASON 4
Displaced Person
Episode 15 · 1985-05-06

- Drama
- Comedy
Episode overview
A young Black boy comes of age in an all-white German orphanage run by white nuns. Townspeople tease him that his father is an American GI named Joe Louis. Told of a 'sighting' of the alleged father, the boy sets out to find the soldier.
60 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Testament1984-11-26
2. A Matter of Principle1984-12-03
3. Solomon Northup's Odyssey1984-12-10
4. Tomorrow1984-12-17
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain1985-01-14
6. Noon Wine1985-01-21
7. The Joy That Kills1985-01-28
8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank1985-02-04
9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski1985-02-11
10. Some Men Need Help1985-02-18
11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom1985-02-25
12. Breakfast with Les and Bess1985-03-11
13. Nightsongs1985-04-15
14. Under the Biltmore Clock1985-04-25
15. Displaced Person1985-05-06
16. The Europeans1985-05-15
17. El Norte1985-05-20
18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1)1985-05-27
19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (2)1985-06-03
20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3)1985-06-10
21. Paper Angels1985-06-15
22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1985-06-24