Fires Within | |
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Directed by | Gillian Armstrong |
Written by | Cynthia Cidre |
Starring | Jimmy Smits Greta Scacchi Vincent D'Onofrio |
Cinematography | David Gribble |
Edited by | Lou Lombardo John Scott |
Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Production company | |
Distributed by | MGM-Pathé Communications |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $9.6 million [1] |
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