C.O.D. | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell |
Written by | Philip MacDonald Ralph Smart |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
Starring | Garry Marsh Hope Davey Arthur Stratton |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Distributed by | United Artists Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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The film has been declared "Missing, Believed Lost" by the British Film Institute. [2]
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