The Green-Eyed Blonde | |
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Directed by | Bernard Girard |
Written by | Sally Stubblefield (Credited) Dalton Trumbo |
Produced by | Martin Melcher |
Starring | Susan Oliver Melinda Plowman Beverly Long Norma Jean Nilsson Tommie Moore Carla Merey |
Cinematography | Eddie Fitzgerald |
Edited by | Thomas Reilly |
Music by | Leith Stevens |
Production company | Arwin Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Green-Eyed Blonde is a 1957 American drama film directed by Bernard Girard and written in collaboration by Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter; and his front Sally Stubblefield, who wrote the story that Trumbo then adapted for the screen. The film stars Susan Oliver, Melinda Plowman, Beverly Long, Norma Jean Nilsson, Tommie Moore and Carla Merey. The film was released by Warner Bros. on December 14, 1957. [1] [2]
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