Status: Released
Released Date: 1940-11-30
Runtime: 11 mins
Director: Basil Wrangell
Writer: Robert Lopez
Spoken language: English
Genres: History
Original title: American Spoken Here
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
John Nesbitt
Barbara Bedford
Don Brodie
John Butler
Edgar Dearing
Harry Depp
George Guhl
John Harmon
Hank Mann
Steve Pendleton
Ray Teal
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