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Client 9, For retail (Dogwoof)

Reviewed,Robert Epstein
Sunday 01 May 2011 00:00 BST
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There was a time when former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, the "Sheriff of Wall Street", was lined up as America's first Jewish president – then he was caught out in a prostitution scandal.

For a man who'd made his name taking down the big banks, it was hubris writ large. But why was he singled out for investigation? Documentarian Alex Gibney analyses this fascinating case with a cynical eye – and no one comes out clean.

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