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- Release, runtime and language
- 1000 · 240 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Rick Hauser
- Starring
- Jay O. Sanders, Kevin Conway, John Heard, Meg Foster, Josef Sommer, Penelope Allen
A 1979 four‑part miniseries aired on WGBH from March 3 to March 24, adapting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. The 60‑minute episodes follow Hester Prynne (Meg Foster), condemned to wear a scarlet “A,” her tormented lover Reverend Dimmesdale (John Heard) and vengeful husband Roger Chillingworth (Kevin Conway). Part 2 won the 1979 Emmy for Outstanding Video Tape Editing.
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