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Madame X | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Madame X by Alexandre Bisson |
Written by | Edward Anhalt |
Directed by | Robert Ellis Miller |
Starring | Tuesday Weld Jeremy Brett Len Cariou Eleanor Parker |
Music by | Angela Morley |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Paula Levenback Wendy Riche |
Cinematography | Woody Omens |
Editor | Skip Lusk |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | Levenback-Riche Productions Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | March 16, 1981 |
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