Actuaries. Ethics. And One Billion Dollars.
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Joe Taubkin
The film's tagline is: "Actuaries. Ethics. And One Billion Dollars."
The runtime is 63 minutes (1h 3m).
The film was directed by Brian Gibson.
The screenplay was written by Tom Clarke.
Cinematography was handled by Peter Hall.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0074206.
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The Billion Dollar Bubble
Released
PG-13
English
United Kingdom
