Under Montana Skies | |
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Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Written by | Jimmy Aubrey Bennett Cohen |
Starring | Kenneth Harlan Slim Summerville Dorothy Gulliver |
Cinematography | Harry Zech |
Edited by | Carl Himm |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Tiffany Pictures Gaumont British Distributors (UK) |
Release date | September 10, 1930 |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Under Montana Skies is a 1930 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville and Dorothy Gulliver. [1] It was produced and distributed by Tiffany Pictures, one of the leading independent studios in Hollywood.
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