And Sudden Death | |
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Directed by | Charles Barton |
Screenplay by | Joseph Moncure March |
Story by | Theodore Reeves Madeleine Ruthven |
Produced by | A.M. Botsford William T. Lackey |
Starring | Randolph Scott Frances Drake Tom Brown Billy Lee Fuzzy Knight Terry Walker Porter Hall |
Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
Edited by | Hugh Bennett |
Music by | John Leipold |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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