Danny Boy | |
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Directed by | Oswald Mitchell |
Screenplay by | Vera Allinson |
Produced by | Hugh Perceval (uncredited) |
Starring | Wilfrid Lawson Ann Todd John Warwick |
Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
Edited by | A.C. Knott |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production companies | Butcher's Film Service Signet Picture Corporation (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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