Bells of San Fernando | |
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Directed by | Terry O. Morse |
Written by | Jack DeWitt Duncan Renaldo |
Produced by | James S. Burkett |
Starring | Donald Woods Gloria Warren Shirley O'Hara Byron Foulger |
Cinematography | Robert Pittack |
Edited by | George McGuire |
Music by | Rudy De Saxe |
Production company | Hillcrest Productions |
Distributed by | Screen Guild Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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