The Audacious Mr. Squire | |
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Directed by | Edwin Greenwood |
Written by | Eliot Stannard |
Based on | Squire the Audacious by Sydney Bowkett |
Produced by | Edward Godal |
Starring | Jack Buchanan Valia Dorinea Shirley |
Production company | |
Distributed by | British & Colonial Kinematograph Company |
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Running time | 5,000 feet [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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