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Breaking the Bank

Season 3    Episode 21
May 28, 1985    TV-MA
In 1984, there were more bank failures in the US than at any time since the Great Depression. Correspondent Judy Woodruff investigates one of the largest banks that failed, Penn Square in Oklahoma City, and another which nearly failed, Continental Illinois in Chicago, to examine the implications on the nation's banking system.

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Cast of Breaking the Bank
  • Will LymanSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Judy WoodruffSelf - Host

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