Treasure of the Golden Condor | |
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Directed by | Delmer Daves |
Written by | Delmer Daves |
Based on | Benjamin Blake 1941 novel by Edison Marshall |
Produced by | Jules Buck |
Starring | Cornel Wilde Constance Smith Finlay Currie Walter Hampden Anne Bancroft |
Narrated by | Cornel Wilde |
Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
Music by | Sol Kaplan |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,220,000 [1] |
Box office | $1.2 million (US rentals) [2] |
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