The Hoax
The Hoax
1955, English. Directed by William Davidson.
A small-town museum finds itself the centre of suspenseful melodrama when an enterprising reporter plunges it into local headlines over the authenticity of one of its prize exhibits, a human skull. An act of diplomacy saves the fate of the museum's fund-raising campaign and the brash young reporter learns a lesson.
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- 0h 30m
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- English
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The Hoax isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1955. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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The Hoax (1955) was directed by William Davidson.