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Gaslight
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About 1944 film by George Cukor
Genres drama, film noir, melodrama, crime thriller
Directed by George Cukor
Written by Walter Reisch, Patrick Hamilton, John L. Balderston, John Van Druten
Starring Ingrid Bergman, Angela Lansbury, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty, Terry Moore, Maude Fealy, Gibson Gowland
Music Bronisław Kaper
Runtime 114 min
Country United States
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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