The Hoax
2006 · 1h 56m · Comedy, Drama · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Directed by
Lasse HallströmWritten by
William Wheeler6.2Smart score
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