Accidental Death | |
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Directed by | Geoffrey Nethercott |
Written by | Arthur La Bern |
Based on | a story by Edgar Wallace |
Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
Starring | John Carson Jacqueline Ellis Derrick Sherwin |
Cinematography | James Wilson |
Edited by | Geoffrey Muller |
Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Production company | Merton Park Studios |
Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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