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The Paper Chase
1978–1986 · 4 seasons, 58 episodes · 53m episodes · Drama · CBS, Showtime · United States
Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
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