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Between Time and Timbuktu is a television film directed by Fred Barzyk and based on a number of works by Kurt Vonnegut. Produced by National Educational Television and WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, it was telecast March 13, 1972 as a NET Playhouse special. The television script was also published in 1972, illustrated with photographs by Jill Krementz and stills from the television production.
The script was primarily written by David Odell, with contributions from Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, and the film's director. Vonnegut himself served as an "advisor and contributor to the script."
Original Release
01/01/1972
US Release
01/01/1972
Cast
Name | Character |
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'Cousin Brucie' Morrow | Contest Announcer |
Dortha Duckworth | Mrs. Stevenson |
William Hickey | Stony Stevenson |
Ray Goulding | Walter Gesundheit |
Bob Elliott | Bud Williams, Jr. |
Franklin Cover | Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello |
Russell Morash | Sandy Abernathy |
John Devlin | Dr. Bobby Denton |
Jay Garner | President Rosewater |
Kevin McCarthy | Bokonon |
Directors
Writers
David Odell, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., David R. Loxton, Charlie Hamilton
Cast
Name | Character |
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'Cousin Brucie' Morrow | Contest Announcer |
Dortha Duckworth | Mrs. Stevenson |
William Hickey | Stony Stevenson |
Ray Goulding | Walter Gesundheit |
Bob Elliott | Bud Williams, Jr. |
Franklin Cover | Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello |
Russell Morash | Sandy Abernathy |
John Devlin | Dr. Bobby Denton |
Jay Garner | President Rosewater |
Kevin McCarthy | Bokonon |
Edie Lynch | Island Girl |
Jerry Gershman | Sergeant |
James Sloyan | Dr. Paul Proteus |
George Serries | Prosecutor |
Ashley Wescott | Deaf Juror |
John Peters | Drunk |
Helen Stenborg | Miss Martin |
Hurd Hatfield | Dr. Hoenikker |
Dolph Sweet | General |
Harriet Hamilton | Lead Caroler |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jac Venza | Executive Producer |
David R. Loxton | Producer |
Matthew N. Herman | Producer |
Olivia Tappan | Producer |