Adventures in Silverado | |
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Gamet Tom Kilpatrick Jo Pagano |
Based on | Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Produced by | Ted Richmond Robert Cohn |
Starring | William Bishop Gloria Henry Edgar Buchanan Forrest Tucker Edgar Barrier |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Henry Batista |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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