State Department: File 649 | |
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Directed by | Sam Newfield |
Written by | Milton Raison |
Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld |
Starring | William Lundigan Virginia Bruce Jonathan Hale |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
Music by | Lucien Cailliet |
Distributed by | Film Classics, Inc |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $750,000 [1] |
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Filming started 15 September at Nassour Studios. [1]
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