Wild and Woolly | |
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Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
Screenplay by | Frank Fenton Lynn Root |
Story by | Frank Fenton |
Produced by | John Stone |
Starring | Jane Withers Walter Brennan Pauline Moore Carl Switzer Jackie Searl Berton Churchill Douglas Fowley Robert Wilcox Douglas Scott |
Cinematography | Harry Jackson |
Edited by | Alfred DeGaetano |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Wild and Woolly is a 1937 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Pauline Moore, Carl Switzer, Jackie Searl and Berton Churchill. The film was released on July 19, 1937, by 20th Century Fox. [1] [2] [3]
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