Three friends witness a murder and stumble into a darkly comedic, pulpy mystery of outrageous proportions.
Darkly comic, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu.
Some innuendo or implied sex and some violence, about what an R should carry.
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In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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