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Mar 3, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 3 1989 Scandal Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 3 1989 the historical drama Scandal premiered in theaters. Directed by Michael Caton Jones the film starred John Hurt Joanne Whalley Kilmer Ian McKellen and Bridget Fonda. The movie was based on the real life Profumo Affair a political scandal that rocked Britain in the early 1960s.

The story focused on the relationship between British Secretary of State for War John Profumo and showgirl Christine Keeler which led to one of the most infamous political controversies in...

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