My Son Is a Criminal | |
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Directed by | Charles C. Coleman (as C.C. Coleman Jr.) |
Screenplay by | Arthur T. Horman |
Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
Starring | Alan Baxter Julie Bishop Gordon Oliver Willard Robertson |
Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
My Son Is a Criminal is a 1939 American crime film directed by Charles C. Coleman (as C.C. Coleman Jr.) and starring Alan Baxter, Julie Bishop, Gordon Oliver and Willard Robertson. [1]
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