Frontline Episode 3.21 Breaking the Bank

Frontline Episode 3.21 Breaking the Bank

Episode Premiere

May 28, 1985

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

GBH

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/

Information

Episode Premiere

May 28, 1985

Genre

Documentary

Period

1983 -

Production Co

GBH

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/show/frontline/

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Will Lyman

Synopsis

In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruff investigates one of the largest banks that failed, Penn Square in Oklahoma City, and another which nearly failed, Continental Illinois in Chicago, to examine the implications on the nation's banking system.

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