One Increasing Purpose | |
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Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
Screenplay by | Bradley King |
Based on | One Increasing Purpose by A. S. M. Hutchinson |
Starring | Edmund Lowe Lila Lee Holmes Herbert May Allison Huntley Gordon Lawford Davidson |
Cinematography | Rudolph J. Bergquist |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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