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The Widowmaker

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director: Patrick Forbes
actor: Gillian Anderson

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Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any warning or prior symptom. But these people could have been saved. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs – the heart.

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