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The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

1h 0m | PG-13

⭐ 5.6 / 10

The heads of Wall Street's biggest investment banks were summoned to an evening meeting by the US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, to discuss the plight of another - Lehman Brothers. After six months' turmoil in the world's financial markets, Lehman Brothers was on life support and the government was about to pull the plug. Lehman CEO, Dick Fuld, recently sidelined in a boardroom coup, spends the weekend desperately trying to resuscitate his beloved company through a merger with Bank of America or UK-based Barclays. But without the financial support of Paulson and Lehman's fiercest competitors, Fuld's empire - and with it, the stability of the world economy - teeters on the verge of extinction.

Director: Michael Samuels

Studio: BBC

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Video: 720p

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Cast

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

as Dick Fuld

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

as Hank Paulson

Michael Landes

Michael Landes

as Zach

Henry Goodman

Henry Goodman

as John Mack

Ben Daniels

Ben Daniels

as John Thain

Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon

as Jamie Dimon