America's foremost storyteller, Mark Twain, creates a portrait of human nature that's at once hilarious and disturbing in this stinging tale of revenge and hypocrisy. Hadleyburg is a small town assured of its reputation as honest and upright - until a stranger, played by Emmy Award-winning Robert Preston, arrives with a plot to expose them. Promising a fortune in gold, the stranger stands back and lets the town's true nature take over. Originally broadcast as part of the PBS American Short Story series, hosted by Henry Fonda.
America's foremost storyteller, Mark Twain, creates a portrait of human nature that's at once hilarious and disturbing in this stinging tale of revenge and hypocrisy. Hadleyburg is a small town assured of its reputation as honest and upright - until a stranger, played by Emmy Award-winning Robert Preston, arrives with a plot to expose them. Promising a fortune in gold, the stranger stands back and lets the town's true nature take over. Originally broadcast as part of the PBS American Short Story series, hosted by Henry Fonda.
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