Outside the Law | |
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Directed by | Jack Arnold |
Screenplay by | Danny Arnold |
Based on | Peter R. Brooke |
Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
Starring | Ray Danton Leigh Snowden Grant Williams |
Cinematography | Irving Glassberg |
Edited by | Irving Birnbaum |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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