Motel Blue | |
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Directed by | Sam Firstenberg |
Written by | Cormac and Marianne Wibberley |
Produced by | Didier Hoarau |
Starring | Sean Young |
Cinematography | Moshe Levin |
Edited by | Phil Russman Peter Zinner |
Music by | Robert O. Ragland |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
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