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How to Break Up a Happy Divorce | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Gerald Gardner Dee Caruso |
Directed by | Jerry Paris |
Starring | Barbara Eden Hal Linden Peter Bonerz Marcia Rodd |
Music by | Nelson Riddle |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Charles Fries |
Producers | Gerald Gardner Dee Caruso |
Cinematography | Richard A. Kelley |
Editors | Bob Moore Bud Molin |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Production company | Charles Fries Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 6, 1976 |
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