Touch My Body (film)

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Touch My Body
Directed byBryant J. Slah Jr.
Screenplay byBryant J. Slah Jr.
Richard Dwumoh
Story byRichard Dwumoh
StarringArtus Frank
Josephus Tolbert
Korto Davis
Richard Dwumoh
Shadurina Anderson
CinematographyAlexander Wiaplah
Edited byAlexander Wiaplah
Emmanuel D. Jaryenneh
Production
company
Hallmark Film
Release date
December 6, 2014
Running time
103 minutes
CountryLiberia
LanguageEnglish

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References

  1. MonseoTV (2014-12-21), Liberian and Nigerian Movie - Touch My Body , retrieved 2018-08-22