Homicide for Three | |
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Directed by | George Blair |
Screenplay by | Bradbury Foote Albert DeMond |
Produced by | Stephen Auer |
Starring | Warren Douglas Audrey Long Grant Withers Lloyd Corrigan Stephanie Bachelor George Lynn |
Cinematography | John MacBurnie |
Edited by | Harry Keller |
Music by | R. Dale Butts |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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