The Sporting Lover | |
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Directed by | Alan Hale |
Written by | Carey Wilson Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
Based on | Good Luck by Ian Hay |
Produced by | Edward Small E.M. Asher |
Starring | Conway Tearle Barbara Bedford Ward Crane |
Cinematography | Faxon M. Dean Robert Newhard |
Edited by | Edward M. Roskam |
Production company | Faultless Pictures |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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