

“A love story stranger than fiction”
Filmmaker Dan Klores examines the strange love affair of Burt Pugach and Linda Riss. Pugach is a successful attorney in 1950s New York when he meets much-younger Riss. The pair date, but Riss breaks off contact with Pugach upon learning his claims of divorce are false. Discovering that Riss was engaged to another man, Pugach hires some men to throw lye in her face, and he serves 14 years in prison for the crime.
Director
Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens
Release Date
November 22, 2007
Runtime
1h 32m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
38