Menace | |
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Directed by | Ralph Murphy |
Written by | Chandler Sprague Anthony Veiller |
Based on | Menace by Philip MacDonald |
Produced by | Bayard Veiller Emanuel Cohen |
Starring | Gertrude Michael Paul Cavanagh Henrietta Crosman |
Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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