The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980)

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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
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Directed by	Ralph Rosenblum
Cast	Robert Preston, Tom Aldredge, Fred Gwynne, Frances Sternhagen, Seth Allen, Henry Fonda, Nicole Orth Pallavicini, Rex Robbins and Frederick Rolf
Theatrical Release	March 17, 1980
DVD Release	November 16, 2004
Running Time	40 minutes
MPAA Rating	NR (Not Rated)
UPC Code	012233298826
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About The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Seen on PBS

Written By: Mark Twain

Starring: Robert Preston, Fred Gwynne

Directed By: Ralph Rosenblum Description: Hadleyburg has a reputation for unshakable honesty. The smug towns-people are proud of this virtue and keep themselves honest by simply avoiding temptation. That is until The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg arrives in town.

Robert Preston stars as the stranger who plots a revenge on the hypocritical residents by promising a fortune to the citizens who once showed him charity many years before. One by one the stranger tempts the leading citizens to scheme for the money- until Hadleyburg's honest reputation is mud before the world.

Based on one of Mark Twain's best-known short stories, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a cynical, yet humorous view of life in America's small towns-a life that the acerbic Mr. Twain knew only too well.

DVD Extras: About the Author, Actors’ Bios, About the American Short Story Collection, Henry Fonda Intro, Printable Study Guide

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Average user review:

(2 reviews)

Overpriced

I have this on VHS and was somewhat surprised to find it on DVD for the price. The running time is just over a half hour and there are no extras listed. Most of the film was shot in South Royalton, Vermont back in the early '80's and some of the stores kept their Hadleyburg logos into the new century. I used to have a summer home six miles away, but if you didn't, the nostalgia is not worth twenty bucks. I'll keep my VHS tape (if I can find it.) March 12, 2008

Decent adaptation, overpriced DVD

This TV production from the 1980s is a decent translation of Twain's classic story to the small screen. Robert Preston is always a joy to watch, and Fred Gwynne is good in his role as the minister. This was one of a number of American Short Stories filmed for a PBS series, and its small budget does show -- the production and technical values are not impressive. But content trumps in this case, and the power of the story takes you through the bumps. The show has NOT been remastered for DVD, so the print has dirt and is not as sharp as it would be if it had been mastered from the negative. The show (like all of the shows in this series) is only about 40 minutes, so at this price, it's a complete rip-off. The video distributor should have put 4 or 5 stories on a disk, and then it would be worth buying at this price. So rent it from NetFlix -- the cost of this DVD will pay for a month's subscription, and you'll be able to rent 10 or 12 of these and get your money's worth. May 1, 2006

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