The Wreck of the Hesperus | |
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Directed by | John Hoffman |
Written by | Aubrey Wisberg Edward Huebsch |
Based on | the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus , by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
Starring | Willard Parker Edgar Buchanan Patricia Barry |
Cinematography | Allen G. Siegler |
Edited by | James Sweeney |
Music by | Michael Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | February 5, 1948 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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