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Directed by | Gilles Grangier |
Written by | Charles Exbrayat René Wheeler |
Produced by | Paul Devriès Ferdinand Liffran Adrien Remaugé |
Starring | Fernand Ledoux Georges Lannes Micheline Francey |
Cinematography | Raymond Clunie |
Edited by | Andrée Danis |
Music by | Raymond Gallois-Montbrun |
Production companies | Les Prisonniers Associés Pathé |
Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
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