Peyton Place: The Next Generation
| Peyton Place: The Next Generation | |
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| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Written by | Rita Lakin |
| Directed by | Larry Elikann |
| Starring |
Christopher Connelly James Douglas Dorothy Malone Patricia Morrow Ed Nelson Tim O'Connor Barbara Parkins Evelyn Scott Ruth Warrick |
| Music by | Jerrold Immel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Filerman |
| Producer(s) |
Terry Morse Jr. Karen Moore (co-producer) |
| Location(s) | Waxahachie, Texas |
| Cinematography | Neil Roach |
| Editor(s) |
Stanford Tischler Stuart Bass |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original release | May 13, 1985 |
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| Preceded by |
Peyton Place Murder in Peyton Place |
Peyton Place: The Next Generation is a 1985 television film directed by Larry Elikann. The film is based on the TV series Peyton Place, which aired from 1964 to 1969, and the plot is set twenty years after the original series. The film contains many of the original cast members, and there were hopes of inspiring a TV series, but such a program was never made.
A young, blonde woman, very much resembling Allison MacKenzie - who has disappeared years ago - arrives in town, and startles Allison's mother Constance (Dorothy Malone). She identifies herself as Megan MacKenzie (Marguerite Hickey), Allison's long lost daughter who believes that she was conceived during a night when Allison was raped, severely beaten and left for dead in a ditch. Megan is immediately taken in by Constance and Elliot Carson (Tim O'Connor), and she tells them that Allison has been in a Boston mental institution for twenty years now. She has not spoken a word since, until Megan gave her a visit recently, she said 'Peyton Place'.
Megan becomes involved with Dana Harrington (Bruce Greenwood), the son of Betty Anderson (Barbara Parkins) and late Rodney Harrington - who died in 1980. Much to Dana's dissatisfaction, Betty is now engaged to Dorian Blake (John Beck), and they together live in the mansion that once belonged to Rodney's grandfather Martin Peyton, with Peyton's loyal housekeeper Hannah Cord (Ruth Warrick), with whom Betty does not get along. Dana's connection with Megan affects his relationship with Kelly Carson (Deborah Goodrich), who lives with Constance and Elliot and is less than happy with Megan's arrival.
Some residents, including Norman (Christopher Connelly), Rita (Patricia Morrow) and Ada (Evelyn Scott) suspect that Rodney was Megan's father. Norman and Rita's son Joey (Tony Quinn) overhears this, and soon everyone knows. Believing that they are half brother and sister, Megan and Dana immediately end their relationship. Kelly is overjoyed when she finds out, but Dana wants nothing to do with her anymore, and they get into a quarrel, which leads to a car accident. Dana is arrested for speeding, and Dorian, fed up with his behavior, forces him to work in the mill, where Dana is bullied by the co-workers because of his background. Kelly realizes that she has no future with Dana and reluctantly elopes with Joey.
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