Before Midnight | |
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Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
Written by | Robert Quigley |
Starring | Ralph Bellamy June Collyer Claude Gillingwater |
Cinematography | John Stumar |
Edited by | Otto Meyer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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