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Mystery!; American Collection: Skinwalkers

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Series
Mystery!
Program
American Collection: Skinwalkers
Program Number

SKWKC2

Series Description

Premiered in 1980 -- offshoot of MASTERPIECE THEATRE. Showcase for the best of British drama in the mystery genre. Current producer, Rebecca Eaton. See individual episode titles for more information. Host: 1980: Gene Shalit; 1981-1989: Vincent Price; 1989-present: Diana Rigg Series release date: 1980

Program Description

Tony Hillerman's breakthrough Navajo police novel, Skinwalkers, comes to PBS in a two-hour American MYSTERY! special executive-produced by long-time Hillerman fan Robert Redford.

"The Chee and Leaphorn mysteries have been a passion project of mine for 14 years," says Redford, who serves as executive producer along with Rebecca Eaton of MYSTERY! and longtime Redford associate Michael Nozik (Quiz Show).

Directed by Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals) from a script by Jamie Redford, the mystery stars Adam Beach (Smoke Signals) and Wes Studi (Dances with Wolves) as Native American detectives Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police. Skinwalkers was Hillerman's first book to hit the bestseller lists and is one of 14 Hillerman mysteries featuring these characters, including the recently released The Wailing Wind.

Skinwalkers is the first in a projected series of Hillerman stories on MYSTERY!.

Duration

01:26:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Drama
Creators
Eaton, Rebecca (Series Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “Mystery!; American Collection: Skinwalkers,” GBH Archives, accessed January 26, 2022, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5D130F2A206D46E5A4DBCA116EB6CC43.
MLA: “Mystery!; American Collection: Skinwalkers.” GBH Archives. Web. January 26, 2022. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5D130F2A206D46E5A4DBCA116EB6CC43>.
APA: Mystery!; American Collection: Skinwalkers. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_5D130F2A206D46E5A4DBCA116EB6CC43
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