Lisbon Story | |
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Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
Screenplay by | Jack Whittingham |
Based on | play with music The Lisbon Story by Harry Parr Davies and Harold Purcell [1] |
Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
Cinematography | Gerald Moss |
Edited by | Douglas Myers |
Music by | Hans May |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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