Buyer Beware
Trailer: Buyer Beware
Year: 1940
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Charles Arnt, Hugh Beaumont, Egon Brecher, Charles D. Brown, Helen Brown, Ralph Byrd
Crew: Joseph M. Newman (Director), Jack Chertok (Producer), Julian Harmon (Screenplay), Richard Duce (Art Direction), Lester White (Director of Photography), Adrienne Fazan (Editor)
Runtime: 20 minutes
Release: Aug 17, 1940
IMDb: 6.50/10 by 6 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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