Episode
Hustle: Price For Fame
Overview
The team plan to con a violent businessman out of a hundred grand by pretending to be music promoters interested in representing his young son.
Details
- Series
- Hustle
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2006-03-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Price For Fame is Episode 1 in Season 3 of Hustle. It aired on 2006-03-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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