Sleepers East | |
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Directed by | Kenneth MacKenna |
Screenplay by | Lester Cole |
Based on | Sleepers East by Frederick Nebel |
Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
Starring | Wynne Gibson Preston Foster Mona Barrie Harvey Stephens Roger Imhof J. Carrol Naish |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Sleepers East is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by Kenneth MacKenna and written by Lester Cole. It is based on the 1933 novel Sleepers East by Frederick Nebel. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Preston Foster, Mona Barrie, Harvey Stephens, Roger Imhof and J. Carrol Naish. The film was released on January 26, 1934, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3] The novel was also used as inspiration for the 1941 film Sleepers West .
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