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Litigation

Nov. 25, 2000

Legal Dilettante

Attorney B. Boyd Hight seems suspiciously modest for a one-time actor. Actually, calling him an actor is a stretch. His only role came in the 1963 film "PT 109," chronicling the World War II naval adventures of future President John F. Kennedy. Moviegoers who blinked may have missed Hight's stirring portrayal of a soldier running to a ship's railing during an attack by the Japanese.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        Attorney B. Boyd Hight seems suspiciously modest for a one-time actor.
        Actually, calling him an actor is a stretch. His only role came in the 1963 film "PT 109," chronicling the World War II naval adventures of future President John F. Kennedy. Moviegoers who blinked may have missed Hight's stirring portrayal of a soldier running t...

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