The Lawrenceville Stories
The Lawrenceville Stories is a 1987–1989 miniseries, directed by Allan A. Goldstein and Robert Iscove, based on The Lawrenceville Stories written by Owen Johnson. The series was originally broadcast as episodes of the American Playhouse anthology television series on Public Broadcasting Service starting on January 26, 1987. It follows the adventures of school prankster Hickey and his rival, The Tennessee Shad.
Plot
Lawrenceville prankster Hickey pulls one prank too many and is expelled from school. When he returns he finds that there's a new joker in town, The Tennessee Shad, and although they initially are rivals, they soon realize that together they can cause more trouble, so they establish a partnership that they call "The Firm".Cast
- Zach Galligan as William "Hickey" Hicks
- Nicholas Rowe as The Tennessee Shad
- Edward Herrmann as The Headmaster
- Stephen Baldwin as GutterPup
- Josh Hamilton as Lovely
- Robert Joy as Housemaster Tapping
- Dave Foley as Smith
Other Media
The 1950 film The Happy Years was also based on The Lawrenceville School Stories.Directed by William Wellman, it starred Dean Stockwell as Dink Stover.