Brief City
Trailer: Brief City
Year: 1952
Genre: Documentary
Studio: The Observer, Massingham Productions
Director: Maurice Harvey, Jacques Brunius
Cast: Patrick O'Donovan, Hugh Casson
Crew: Maurice Harvey (Director), Jacques Brunius (Director), Richard Massingham (Producer), Bill Megarry (Editor), Patrick O'Donovan (Writer), Cyril Arapoff (Camera Operator)
Runtime: 18 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1952
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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