Lamp in the Desert | |
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Directed by | F. Martin Thornton |
Written by | Leslie Howard Gordon |
Starring | Gladys Jennings Louis Willoughby George K. Arthur |
Production company | Stoll Pictures |
Distributed by | Stoll Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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