Off the Mark | |
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Directed by | Bill Berry [1] |
Written by | Bill Berry |
Produced by | Ira Trattner |
Starring | Mark Neely Terry Farrell Clarence Gilyard Jr. Norman Alden Virginia Capers Jon Cypher Barry Corbin Alexander Polinsky Susan Luck Darius Lawrence Melanie Lasher Kelly Meadows Matthew Licht Patrick Campbell |
Cinematography | Arledge Armenaki |
Edited by | Andres Markovits |
Music by | David Michael Frank |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
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