The Billion Dollar Bubble
β 7.5 Β· 1978 Β· 63m Β· History Β· Drama
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
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