Mr. District Attorney | |
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Directed by | William Morgan |
Screenplay by | Karl Brown Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
Produced by | Leonard Fields |
Starring | Dennis O'Keefe Florence Rice Peter Lorre Stanley Ridges Minor Watson Charles Arnt |
Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
Edited by | Edward Mann |
Music by | Mort Glickman Paul Sawtell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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