Mountain Justice (1937 film)

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Mountain Justice
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Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Norman Reilly Raine
Luci Ward
Produced by Henry Blanke
Louis F. Edelman
Starring George Brent
Josephine Hutchinson
Guy Kibbee
Margaret Hamilton
Cinematography Ernest Haller
Edited by George Amy
Music by Bernhard Kaun
Heinz Roemheld
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 24, 1937 (1937-04-24)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mountain Justice is a 1937 American drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, and starring George Brent, Josephine Hutchinson, and Guy Kibbee. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is loosely based on the story of Edith Maxwell, who was convicted in 1935 of murdering her coal miner father in Pound, Virginia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Mountain Justice Retrieved August 28, 2016
  2. Allmovie synopsis; Mountain Justice Retrieved August 28, 2016
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.121 c.1978 the American Film Institute