The Lash | |
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Directed by | Henry Edwards |
Written by | Cyril Campion (play) Sewell Collins Owen Davis Vera Allinson H. Fowler Mear Brock Williams |
Produced by | Julius Hagen |
Starring | Lyn Harding John Mills Joan Maude Leslie Perrins |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer William Luff |
Music by | W.L. Trytel |
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Distributed by | Radio Pictures |
Release date | 1934 |
Running time | 63 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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