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Directed by | Howard Higgin |
Written by | Tay Garnett John W. Krafft |
Produced by | Ralph Block |
Starring | William Boyd Alan Hale, Sr. Jacqueline Logan |
Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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