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The Crime of the Century

Name: The Crime of the Century
Genre: Crime, Documentary, Drama
Cast: Edward Byrne, Patrick Radden Keefe, Lenny Bernstein, Roy Bosley, Alec Burlakoff

2021 · 1 season, 2 episodes · 118m episodes · Crime, Documentary, Drama · HBO · United States · Rated TV-MA (US)

Big Pharma sold America a lie and made a killing.

A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.

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Alex Gibney

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Edward Byrne, Patrick Radden Keefe, Lenny Bernstein, Roy Bosley, Alec Burlakoff, Scott Higham

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corrupt governmentcrime against humanitycrime documentarygovernment corruptiongovernment cover-upgovernment regulationhealth documentaryindustrial documentaryobservational documentaryofficial corruptionopioid epidemicpharmaceutical industrypharmaceuticalspharmaceuticals companypolitical corruptionpolitical scandalsynthetic heroinunreliable government

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