Meet Me at the Fair | |
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Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
Screenplay by | Irving Wallace Martin Berkeley |
Based on | The Great Companions by Gene Markey |
Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
Starring | Dan Dailey Diana Lynn Hugh O'Brian |
Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
Edited by | Russell F. Schoengarth |
Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal-International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals) [1] |
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