A Matter of Principle (3 Dec. 1984)

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	Alan Arkin	...	Flagg Purdy
	Barbara Dana	...	Ada Purdy
	Tony Arkin	...	Edgar Purdy
	Danny Corkill	...	Cousin Laura's Boy (as Dan Corkill)
	Gary Cole	...	Man with Xmas Tree
	Deanna Dunagan	...	Miss Keyes
	Aaron Freeman	...	Otey Hartsook
	Daniel Garza II	...	Purdy Baby
	Cinnamon Idles	...	Eleanor Purdy
	Alison Jacoby	...	Nellie Mae Purdy
	Corey Kasdin	...	Billy Joe Purdy
	Mark D. Kennerly	...	Jeb (as Mark Kennerly)
	Virginia Madsen	...	Lou Ellen Purdy
	Brendan Phillips	...	Dink Kibler
	Samuel Schmidt	...	Orville Wright Purdy

Storyline

Flag Purdy, a "man of many principles" must learn the hard lesson of compromisation in order to keep his wife and children. The "final straw" comes when Flag's wife and children bring a Christmas tree into his house. Flag's principles will not allow such extravagances, and he destroys the tree. The next morning Flag's wife, Ada, and the children are gone. Flag learns his lesson in time for Christmas, and as Ada says, "A man with as many principles as Flag, some of them are bound to be wrong.". Written by alison tyminski <kathleen.tyminski@sympatico.ca>  

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