Incident in a Small Town | |
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Genre | Drama War |
Written by | Cindy Myers |
Directed by | Delbert Mann Edwin Self producer (uncredited) Everett Chambers (supervising producer) |
Starring | Walter Matthau Harry Morgan Stephanie Zimbalist |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers | Robert Halmi Sr. Larry Strichman (co-executive producer) |
Producer | Robert Halmi |
Cinematography | Ernest Day |
Editor | George Jay Nicholson |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Production companies | Procter & Gamble Productions RHI Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | January 23, 1994 |
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