Goodnight, Sweetheart | |
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Directed by | Joseph Santley |
Screenplay by | Isabel Dawn Jack Townley |
Story by | Frank Fenton Joseph Hoffman |
Produced by | Edward J. White |
Starring | Robert Livingston Ruth Terry Henry Hull Grant Withers Thurston Hall Lloyd Corrigan |
Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
Edited by | Ralph Dixon |
Music by | Joseph Dubin |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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