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  • Back in Time Breaking the Bank (Season 5, Episode 4)
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Back in Time

Breaking the Bank (Season 5, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Penn Square Bank was a small suburban with close to 30 million in assets. Then an oil boom in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma generated a flood of oil men looking for loans. Overnight Penn Square Bank grew to a bank with assets of close to ...See morePenn Square Bank was a small suburban with close to 30 million in assets. Then an oil boom in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma generated a flood of oil men looking for loans. Overnight Penn Square Bank grew to a bank with assets of close to half a billion dollars. However, reckless lending would lead to a catastrophic downfall that would bring down some major banking institutions of the time. See less
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May 4, 2016 (United States)

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15 cast members
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Robert Burch
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Burns Hargis
Self - Former FDIC Attorney Self - Former FDIC Attorney   See fewer
Michael Hightower
Self - Bank & Commerce Historian Self - Bank & Commerce Historian   See fewer
Bill Price
Self - Former U. S. Attorney Self - Former U. S. Attorney   See fewer
Meg Salyer
Self - Former Chase Executive Self - Former Chase Executive   See fewer
Gayla Sherry
Self - Former Liberty Executive Self - Former Liberty Executive   See fewer
Robert Dauffenbach
Self - OU Senior Associate Dean of Economics (as Robert Dauffenbach Ph.D) Self - OU Senior Associate Dean of Economics (as Robert Dauffenbach Ph.D)   See fewer
Steve Plunk
Self - Former Bank Examiner Self - Former Bank Examiner   See fewer
Robert A. Hefner III
Self - Oilman (archive footage) (as Robert Hefner III) Self - Oilman (archive footage) (as Robert Hefner III)   See fewer
William Isaac
Self - Chairman FDIC (archive footage) Self - Chairman FDIC (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Jennings
Self - Owner, Penn Square Bank (archive footage) (as Bill 'Beep' Jennings) Self - Owner, Penn Square Bank (archive footage) (as Bill 'Beep' Jennings)   See fewer
William G. Patterson
Self - Lending Officer (archive footage) (as Bill Patterson) Self - Lending Officer (archive footage) (as Bill Patterson)   See fewer
Donald Regan
Self - Secretary of the Treasury (archive footage) Self - Secretary of the Treasury (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Volcker
Self - Chairman of the Federal Reserve (archive footage) Self - Chairman of the Federal Reserve (archive footage)   See fewer
Philip Zweig
Self - Financial Journalist (archive footage) Self - Financial Journalist (archive footage)   See fewer
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