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Directed by | Jack Bernhard |
Written by | Joel Malone Harold Swanton Don Martin Michael Arlen |
Produced by | Jack Bernhard |
Starring | John Calvert Catherine Craig Jack Reitzen Lyle Talbot |
Cinematography | Walter Strenge |
Edited by | Asa Boyd Clark |
Music by | Karl Hajos |
Production company | Falcon Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Film Classics |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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