Every Little Crook and Nanny | |
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Directed by | Cy Howard |
Screenplay by | Cy Howard Jonathan Axelrod Robert Klane |
Based on | Every Little Crook and Nanny (novel) by Evan Hunter |
Produced by | Leonard J. Ackerman |
Starring | Lynn Redgrave Victor Mature Paul Sand Maggie Blye John Astin Dom DeLuise |
Cinematography | Philip Lathrop |
Edited by | Henry Berman |
Music by | Fred Karlin |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $28,000 [1] |
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