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boards     Review: 'Winslow Boy' isn't everyone's cup of tea
May 3, 1999 Web posted at: 4:17 p.m. EDT (2017 GMT)  By Reviewer
Paul Clinton  (CNN) -- How important is the truth? How far would
you go to defend your family against false accusations? Is being
right worth losing everything you have?  These are the questions
asked in the new film "The Winslow Boy." It's based on Terrence
Rattigan's 1946 stage drama which, in turn, was loosely based on
the 1910 trial of an English military cadet wrongfully dismissed
for stealing a postal order.  Set in 1912, this English period
piece stars Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon and
Guy Edwards and is directed by the renowned playwright David
Mamet.  Mamet's plays are known for their raw emotions and even
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