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Directed by | Fred Guiol |
Written by | George Carleton Brown Edward E. Seabrook |
Produced by | Hal Roach Jr. |
Starring | William Tracy Joe Sawyer Margia Dean |
Cinematography | Walter Strenge |
Edited by | S. Roy Luby |
Music by | Leon Klatzkin |
Production company | Rockingham Pictures |
Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mr. Walkie Talkie is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and starring William Tracy, Joe Sawyer and Margia Dean. [1] Released by Lippert Pictures, it is the final film of the Doubleday and Ames army comedy films originally produced by Hal Roach with the pair returning for service in the Korean War.
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