Escape to Glory | |
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Directed by | John Brahm |
Written by | Sidney Biddell Fredric M. Frank Pincus J. Wolfson |
Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
Starring | Pat O'Brien Constance Bennett |
Cinematography | Franz Planer |
Edited by | Al Clark |
Music by | Sydney Cutner (uncredited) Werner R. Heymann (uncredited) |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | May 20, 1940 |
Running time | 64 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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