Stranger in Town | |
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Directed by | George Pollock |
Written by | Edward Dryhurst Norman Hudis |
Based on | The Uninvited 1954 novel by Frank Chittenden [1] |
Produced by | Robert S. Baker Monty Berman Sidney Roberts |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Henry Richardson |
Music by | Stanley Black |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) Astor Pictures Corporation (US) |
Release dates |
1959 (US) |
Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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