Episode
Frontline: Requiem for Frank Lee Smith
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- Series
- Frontline
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2002-04-11
Episode context
Requiem for Frank Lee Smith is Episode 17 in Season 20 of Frontline. It aired on 2002-04-11.
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