Kazan (1949 film)

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Kazan
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Directed by Will Jason
Written by James Oliver Curwood (novel)
Arthur A. Ross
Produced byRobert Cohn
Starring Stephen Dunne
Lois Maxwell
Joe Sawyer
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Richard Fantl
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 14, 1949 (1949-07-14)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kazan is a 1949 American drama western film directed by Will Jason and starring Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell and Joe Sawyer. It is based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood which had previously been made into a 1921 silent film of the same title. [1]

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The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.

Plot

Cast

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References

  1. Goble p.102

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