White Eagle | |
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Directed by | James W. Horne [1] |
Screenplay by | Arch Heath Morgan Cox (as Morgan B. Cox) John Cutting Lawrence Taylor (as Lawrence Taylor) |
Story by | Fred Myton |
Starring | Buck Jones Raymond Hatton Dorothy Fay |
Narrated by | Knox Manning |
Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
Edited by | Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner |
Music by | Lee Zahler |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 290 minutes (15 episodes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
White Eagle (1941) is the eighth serial released by Columbia Pictures, starring Buck Jones. It was based on the 1932 Buck Jones Western film (also called White Eagle (1932 film) ). [2] [3]
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