Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Pudd'nhead Wilson ★½ 1984

An adaptation of a Mark Twain story about a smalltown lawyer who discovers the illicit exchange of a white infant for a lightskinned negro infant by a slave woman. Made as an “American Playhouse” presentation on PBS. 87m/C VHS . Lise Hilboldt, Dick Latessa, James Pritchett, Tom Aldredge, Steven Weber, Ken Howard; D: Alan Bridges; W: Philip Reisman Jr.; C: Walter Lassally. TV