The Fighting Texan | |
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Directed by | Charles Abbott |
Screenplay by | Joseph O'Donnell |
Based on | Tragedy That Lived by James Oliver Curwood |
Produced by | Maurice Conn |
Starring | Kermit Maynard Elaine Shepard Frank LaRue Budd Buster Ed Cassidy Murdock MacQuarrie Art Miles Bruce Mitchell |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Edited by | Richard G. Wray |
Production company | Conn Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Ambassador Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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