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About 1939 film directed by Victor Fleming
Genres drama, war, romance, melodrama, historical
Directed by George Cukor, Victor Fleming, Sam Wood
Written by Margaret Mitchell, Ben Hecht, Sidney Howard, Jo Swerling
Starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Jane Darwell, Leslie Howard, Richard Farnsworth
Music Max Steiner
Runtime 238 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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