They Live in Fear | |
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Directed by | Josef Berne |
Screenplay by | Ruth Nussbaum Samuel Ornitz Wilfred H. Petitt Michael L. Simmons Hilda Stone |
Produced by | Jack Fier |
Cinematography | George Meehan |
Edited by | James Sweeney |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 6 October 1944 (USA) |
Running time | 64 mins |
They Live in Fear is a 1944 American film starring Otto Kruger. [1]
The film was known as America's Children. [2] Filming was announced in August 1943. [3] Otto Kruger joined the film in March 1944. [4]
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