Spotlight Devil's in the details, say 'Bondsman' co-stars Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant BRUCE R. MILLER Apr 28, 2025 Apr 28, 2025 Updated May 2, 2025 0 × BRUCE R. MILLER Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter talks with Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant, stars of Amazon Prime Video's "The Bondsman." Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There’s a guide the size of a metropolitan phone directory in “The Bondsman,” a new Prime Video series.kAmx?D:56[ 24EC6DD y@=6?6 !FC5J D2JD[ 2C6 “2== E96 D64C6ED]”k^AmkAmp== E96 D64C6ED @7 E96 56G:=[ E92E :D] $:?46 D96’D 2? 6>A=@J66[ D96 >FDE <?@H E96 EC:4<D @7 E96 EC256 2?5 36 H:==:?8 E@ A2DD E96> 2=@?8 E@ 6>A=@J66D — =:<6 z6G:? q24@?[ H9@ A=2JD 2 3@?5D>2? 9:C65 E@ 5@ E96 5:CEJ H@C<]k^Am Jolene Purdy, right, gives Kevin Bacon assignments in "The Bondsman." Prime Video kAm“(96? J@F D:8? FA E@ H@C< 7@C E96 56G:=[ 96 5@6D @776C 8@@5 G:D:@? 2?5 56?E2=[” !FC5J @776CD H:E9 2 D>:=6]k^Am kAm(96? 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Video: Bruce Miller talks with "The Bondsman" stars Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant. Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter talks with Jolene Purdy and Beth Grant, stars of Amazon Prime Video's "The Bondsman."
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