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Cast

Frank Langella

Frank Langella

Narrator (voice)

Walter L. Shaw

Walter L. Shaw

Crew

Gregory Marquette

Gregory Marquette

Director

Gregory Marquette

Gregory Marquette

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Genius on Hold

20137.5 / 1091 min
Documentary

Overview

Can you hear me now?

The story of Walter L. Shaw, a telecommunications genius, and his son Walter T. Shaw, a ruthless jewel thief, is a metaphor and a symbol for its time - for the twentieth century and for today.