| Stand Alone | |
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| Directed by | Alan Beattie |
| Written by | Roy Carlson |
| Produced by | Leon Williams David C. Thomas |
| Starring | Charles Durning Pam Grier James Keach |
| Cinematography | Tom Richmond Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | Fabien Tordjmann |
| Music by | David Campbell |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Stand Alone is a 1985 American action drama film directed by Alan Beattie and starring Charles Durning. [1] [2]
An older war hero witnesses a murder. He is reluctant to identify the killers. When they come after him, he ends up having to protect his family and himself the only way he knows: fight to survive.
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