The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski

The Star-Crossed Romance
of Josephine Cosnowski
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Directed byFred Barzyk
Written byJean Shepherd
Based onIn God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
by Jean Shepherd
Produced byOlvia Tappan
Starring
  • Pete Kowanko
  • George Coe
  • Barbara Bolton
  • Jay Ine
  • Jean Shepherd
CinematographyPeter Hoving
Edited byDick Bartlett
Music byDavid Amram
Production
companies
Distributed byPublic Broadcasting System (PBS)
Release date
  • February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski is an American made-for-television family-comedy film, directed by Fred Barzyk, with a script written by Jean Shepherd. Produced by Olvia Tappan, the film is the fourth installment in the Ralph Parker franchise. Based on Shepherd's book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash and similar to all the other Parker Family films, the film depicts fictionalized events from his real-life childhood.

Released exclusively as it aired on American Playhouse, season four, episode nine, the film was met with positive critical reception, with praise directed at the script, returning cast, and its Thanksgiving setting.