Murder on the Waterfront | |
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Directed by | B. Reeves Eason |
Screenplay by | Robert E. Kent |
Produced by | William Jacobs |
Starring | Warren Douglas Joan Winfield John Loder Ruth Ford Bill Crago Bill Kennedy |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | James Gibbon |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 51 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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