American Spoken Here
Trailer: American Spoken Here
Year: 1940
Genre: History
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Basil Wrangell
Cast: John Nesbitt, Barbara Bedford, Don Brodie, John Butler, Edgar Dearing, Harry Depp
Crew: Basil Wrangell (Director), John Nesbitt (Producer), Robert Lopez (Writer), Clyde De Vinna (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 11 minutes
Release: Nov 30, 1940
IMDb: 9.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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