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Prisoner of Honor
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1991 dramatic television movie made by warner bros”. Today it says “a 1991 british made-for-television drama film directed by ken russell and starring richard dreyfuss”.
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Prisoner of Honor is a 1991 British made-for-television drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Dreyfuss , Oliver Reed and Peter Firth . It was made by Warner Bros. Television and distributed by HBO , and centers on the famous Dreyfus Affair . Richard Dreyfuss co-produced the film with Judith James, from a screenplay by Ron Hutchinson .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 1991 dramatic television movie made by warner bros”. Today it says “a 1991 british made-for-television drama film directed by ken russell and starring richard dreyfuss”. Read the current article and compare.
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a 1991 dramatic television movie made by warner bros
Now
a 1991 british made-for-television drama film directed by ken russell and starring richard dreyfuss
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