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The Kid from Kokomo is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lewis Seiler released in USA on 23 may 1939 with Pat O'Brien
The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
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Add to a movie listThe Kid from Kokomo is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald. The film stars Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Joan Blondell, May Robson, Jane Wyman and Stanley Fields. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1939.
Actors
Pat O'Brien
(William Jennings 'Billy / 'Square Shooting Murph' Murphy)
Wayne Morris
(Homer Baston)
Joan Blondell
(Doris Harvey)
May Robson
(Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell)
Jane Wyman
(Marian Bronson)
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