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Lawbreakers (1963)

Lawbreakers poster
Original title
The Lawbreakers
Genre
documentary, crime
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 32 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a crime anthology series from the 1960s. It uses dramatized reenactments to tell true stories about real criminal cases. Lee Marvin hosts the show.

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What happens

Lawbreakers, a.k.a. Lee Marvin Presents Lawbreaker, is a 30-minute American docudrama crime anthology series. It was produced by Rapier Productions Incorporated in association with United Artists Television for first-run syndication. Hosted and narrated by Lee Marvin, its stories were dramatizations and re-enactments of actual criminal cases. Thirty-two episodes were aired between 1963 and 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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