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Directed by | Roy London |
Written by | Kenneth Pressman |
Produced by | Amin Q. Chaudhri Karen Montgomery |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Yuri Sokol |
Edited by | Brian Smedley-Aston |
Music by | Michel Colombier |
Distributed by | Vision International |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million [1] |
Box office | $31,815 [2] |
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