The Old Texas Trail | |
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Directed by | Lewis D. Collins |
Screenplay by | William Lively |
Produced by | Oliver Drake |
Starring | Rod Cameron Eddie Dew Fuzzy Knight Ray Whitley Virginia Christine Joseph J. Greene Marjorie Clements George Eldredge Edmund Cobb |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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