Lessons in Red

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Lessons in Red

"Don't judge a book by its cover."

2020

0h 15m

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When a junior high student in 1963 suspects his teacher of being a communist, he investigates the truth to gain approval from his father.

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Jackson Norton

Ted Langley

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Raoul Silver

Cliff Conrad

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Steve Dillon

Pete Langley

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Oliver Comstock Reynolds

Mr. Rusnak

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Kristin Sloth

Myra Langley

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Darcy Gibson

Terrence Conrad

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Sally Simon

Ms. Estabrooke

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