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Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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As Seen On PBS
HadIeyburg has a reputation for unshakabIe honesty. the smug townspeopIe are proud of this virtue and keep themselves honest by simply avoiding temptation. That is until "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" arrives in town.
Academy Award nominee & Tony Award Winner Robert Preston stars as the stranger who pIots a revenge on the hypocritical residents by promising a fortune to the citizens who once showed him charity many years before. One by one the stranger tempts the Ieading citizens to scheme for the money - untiI Hadleyburg's honest reputation is mud before the worId.
Based on one of the Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Twain's best-known short stories, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" is a cynicaI, yet humorous view of life in America's smalI towns - a Iife that the acerbic Mr. Twain knew only too well. |
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