Mokey | |
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Directed by | Wells Root |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | stories by Jennie Harris Oliver |
Produced by | J. Walter Ruben |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Charles Rosher, a.s.c. |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | Lennie Hayton |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $353,000 [1] |
Box office | $277,000 [1] |
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Eight-year-old Mokey's widowed father Herbert remarries and the young stepmother Anthea has difficulty interacting with the little boy who, even though his intentions are good, continues to fall into trouble.
The film made $179,000 in the US and Canada and $98,000 elsewhere during its initial theatrical run, causing MGM a loss of $205,000. [1]
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