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The Hoax

A small-town museum finds itself the centre of suspenseful melodrama when an enterprising reporter plunges it into local headlines over the authenticity of one of its prize exhibits, a human skull. An act of diplomacy saves the fate of the museum's fund-raising campaign and the brash young reporter learns a lesson.
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A small-town museum finds itself the centre of suspenseful melodrama when an enterprising reporter plunges it into local headlines over the authenticity of one of its prize exhibits, a human skull. An act of diplomacy saves the fate of the museum's fund-raising campaign and the brash young reporter learns a lesson.

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  • director
    William Davidson
  • producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • script
    Norman Klenman
  • photography
    Robert Humble
  • sound
    Clifford Griffin
  • editing
    Douglas Robertson
  • music
    Robert Fleming
  • cast
    Richard Lamb
    Joy Lindop
    Clyde Bell
    Peter Hopkinson
    T.A. Rogers
    Vic Lemieux
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