Paddy the Next Best Thing | |
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Directed by | Graham Cutts |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
Written by | Gertrude Page (novel) Wilfred Noy Herbert Wilcox Eliot Stannard |
Starring | Mae Marsh Darby Foster Lilian Douglas |
Cinematography | René Guissart |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Graham-Wilcox Productions (UK) United Artists (US) |
Release date | January 1923 (UK) 2 June 1923 (US) |
Running time | 7,200 feet [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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