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The Pittsburgh Kid is a american film of genre Action directed by Jack Townley released in USA on 29 august 1941 with Jean Parker
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
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Add to a movie listThe Pittsburgh Kid is a 1941 American sports film directed by Jack Townley and starring Billy Conn, Jean Parker and Dick Purcell.
The film's sets were designed by the art director John Victor Mackay.
Actors
Jean Parker
(Patricia Mallory)
Dick Purcell
(Cliff Halliday)
Alan Baxter
(Joe Barton)
Veda Ann Borg
(Barbara Ellison)
Jonathan Hale
(Max Ellison)
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