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Hoodwink
“It's Australia's greatest con...but can he bluff them all?”
49%
Movie
1h 29m
AI Analysis
Hoodwink (1981) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Hoodwink (1981) — a movie tagged as Crime, Drama, and Romance with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargrea… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~89 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Hoodwink 49% (7 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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from 7 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargreaves pretends to be totally blind, thus lightening his work load....and carries off the hoax for years.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1981-11-05
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- TMDB rating
- 4.9
- TMDB ID
- 86259
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What is Hoodwink about?
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wal... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Hoodwink?
The official runtime for Hoodwink is approximately 89 minutes.
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