Ivory Hunters | |
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Screenplay by | Richard Guttman Bill Bozzone |
Story by | Bradley T. Winter |
Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
Starring | John Lithgow Isabella Rossellini James Earl Jones |
Theme music composer | Charles Bernstein |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Christopher N. Palmer |
Producer | Robert Halmi |
Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
Editor | Debra Karen |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Production company | National Audubon Society |
Distributor | Turner Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | TNT |
Original release | August 20, 1990 |
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