Meet the Stewarts | |
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Directed by | Alfred E. Green |
Screenplay by | Karen DeWolf |
Based on | Candy Takes a Job, a.k.a. Something Borrowed 1941 Ladies' Home Journal by Elizabeth Dunn |
Produced by | Robert Sparks |
Starring | William Holden Frances Dee |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Al Clark |
Music by | Leo Shuken M. W. Stoloff |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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