Treachery on the High Seas | |
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Directed by | Emil E. Reinert |
Written by | Charles Lincoln Harold Simpson |
Based on | Murder in the Stalls by Maurice Messenger |
Produced by | Alexander Dembo de Lasta |
Starring | Bebe Daniels Ben Lyon Charles Farrell |
Cinematography | Roy Fogwell Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | Sidney Stone |
Production company | Alexandre de Lasta Productions |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
Release date | December 1936 |
Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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It was produced at British Lion's Beaconsfield Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.
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