Diamond Frontier | |
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Directed by | Harold D. Schuster |
Written by | Edmund L. Hartmann Stanley Rubin |
Produced by | Marshall Grant |
Starring | Victor McLaglen John Loder Anne Nagel |
Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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