A Gipsy Cavalier | |
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Directed by | J. Stuart Blackton |
Written by | John Overton (novel) J. Stuart Blackton Andrew Soutar |
Produced by | J. Stuart Blackton |
Starring | Georges Carpentier Flora le Breton Rex McDougall |
Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
Production company | International Artists |
Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
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Running time | 6,740 feet [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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