The Stepford Children The Stepford Children The Stepford Children is a 1987 American made-for-television science fiction-thriller film inspired by the Ira Levin novel "The Stepford Wives". It was directed by Alan J. Levi with a screenplay by Bill Bleich and starring Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Tammy Lauren, Randall Batinkoff and Pat Corley. It is the second in a series of sequels inspired by the 1972 novel and the original 1975 film "The Stepford Wives". Laura and Steven Harding (Barbara Eden and Don Murray) move with their children to the town of Stepford, Connecticut where Steven had lived with his first wife who had
Ira Levin career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned into a movie in 1958, and co-starred Nick Adams; it was later developed into a 1964 television comedy series starring Sammy Jackson. "No Time for Sergeants" is generally considered the precursor to "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.". Levin's best-known play is "Deathtrap", which holds the record as the longest running comedy thriller on Broadway and brought Levin his second Edgar Award. In 1982, it was made into a film starring Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine. Levin's first novel, "A Kiss Before Dying", was well received, earning him the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First