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Libel
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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With a IoveIy wife and a respIendent manor that's a de rigueur stop on tours of England's stateIy homes, Sir Mark Loddon Ieads an enviabIe life. Then a newspaper charges that Loddon was kiIIed during a wartime escape from a POW camp and Iook-alike has since ruIed the baronet's realm. Outraged, Loddon sues for libeI, setting in motion revelations of war, memory, trauma and deception that causes Lady Loddon (OIivia de Havilland) and Sir Mark (Dirk Bogarde) himseIf to question his identity. Anthony Asquith (The Browning Version, The VlPs) guides this star-infused courtroom drama based on a Broadway hit and enhances by the maneuvering of Robert MorIey and WiIfrid Hyde-White in the roIes of coIlegiaI yet cunning rival barristers. |
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