Wings of the Morning | |
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Directed by | Harold D. Schuster Glenn Tyron (original director) |
Written by | Tom Geraghty (narration) Gilbert Wakefield (scenario) |
Screenplay by | Thomas J. Geraghty John Meehan |
Story by | Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne |
Based on | Destiny Bay 1928 two short stories by Donn Byrne |
Produced by | Robert Kane |
Starring | Annabella Henry Fonda Leslie Banks |
Cinematography | Ray Rennahan |
Edited by | James B. Clark |
Music by | Arthur Benjamin Muir Mathieson |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $850,000 [1] or £150,000 [2] |
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