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Love is a Crime

It’s one of the wildest scandals in Hollywood history: In 1951, major Hollywood producer Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) went to prison for shooting an agent who he suspected was having an affair with Joan B... Read more

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Episode 10: The Woman in the Window

Episode 10: The Woman in the Window

In one last noir twist, Joan marries for a fourth and final time to a man with a secret life. The last chapter of our st... Read more

19 Oct 2021

51mins

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Episode 9: Dark Shadows

Episode 9: Dark Shadows

While the shooting seems to enhance Wanger’s reputation in Hollywood’s eyes, the media frenzy that follows enacts a shar... Read more

12 Oct 2021

49mins

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Episode 8: I Want to Live!

Episode 8: I Want to Live!

Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) emerges from prison, and relaunches his career by producing several important films inspired by... Read more

5 Oct 2021

57mins

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Episode 7: The Shooting

Episode 7: The Shooting

In December 1951, Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) points his gun at Jennings Lang’s (Griffin Dunne) groin and fires -- and Joan... Read more

28 Sep 2021

43mins

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Episode 6: Man Hunt

Episode 6: Man Hunt

In the years after World War II, the political climate abruptly shifts, and Walter Wanger’s (Jon Hamm) history of using ... Read more

21 Sep 2021

44mins

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Episode 5: The Apartment

Episode 5: The Apartment

The third member of the Bennett/Wanger love triangle is Jennings Lang (Griffin Dunne), an agent at MCA, then the largest... Read more

14 Sep 2021

40mins

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Episode 4: The Reckless Moment

Episode 4: The Reckless Moment

Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) bets everything on a different Joan -- Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman -- and comes up sho... Read more

7 Sep 2021

46mins

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Episode 3: Scarlet Street

Episode 3: Scarlet Street

Collaborating with mad genius Fritz Lang, Joan (Zooey Deschanel) and Walter (Jon Hamm) hit the peak of both their career... Read more

31 Aug 2021

51mins

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Episode 2: The Man I Married

Episode 2: The Man I Married

Walter Wanger (Jon Hamm) transforms Joan Bennett’s (Zooey Deschanel) acting career by giving her a makeover. Now a raven... Read more

24 Aug 2021

52mins

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Episode 1: Private Worlds

Episode 1: Private Worlds

Already a divorced mom while still in her teens, Joan Bennett (Zooey Deschanel) becomes a movie actress out of financial... Read more

17 Aug 2021

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