Comedy / Short
USA,
1980, 37 min
Directed by:
Ralph RosenblumScreenplay:
Mark HarrisCinematography:
Mike FashCast:
Robert Preston, Fred Gwynne, Frances Sternhagen, Henry Fonda, Rex Everhart, Kent Broadhurst, Brandon Maggart, Tom Aldredge, Rex Robbins, Frederick Rolf, Thomas A. CarlinPlots(1)
Robert Preston stars as the stranger who plots 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 leading citizens to scheme for the money- until Hadleyburg's honest reputation is mud before the world. (official distributor synopsis)
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