Two Came Back | |
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Written by | Raymond Hartung (screenplay) Deborah Scaling-Kiley (book) |
Directed by | Dick Lowry |
Starring | Melissa Joan Hart Jonathan Brandis Jon Maynard Pennell Susan Sullivan |
Music by | Michael Tavera |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | September 28, 1997 |
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