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No Smoking | |
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Directed by | Henry Cass |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Hayles Phil Park |
Based on | No Smoking by George Moresby-White and Rex Rienits [1] |
Produced by | Robert S. Baker Monty Berman |
Starring | Reg Dixon Peter Martyn Belinda Lee Lionel Jeffries |
Cinematography | Monty Berman |
Edited by | Jack Slade |
Music by | Ivor Slaney |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Eros Films |
Release date | November 1955 |
Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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