Stormy Weathers | |
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Genre | Action Adventure Crime |
Written by | Stephan Blom-Cooper V. Phipps-Wilson Gerald Ayres |
Directed by | Will Mackenzie |
Starring | Cybill Shepherd |
Music by | David Bell |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Steven Haft Cybill Shepherd Marcia Nasatir |
Producers | Vahan Moosekian Jeanne Van Cott (co-producer) |
Cinematography | Robert Draper |
Editor | Neil Mandelberg |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production companies | Haft / Nasatir Company River Siren Productions Inc. TriStar Television |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 4, 1992 |
Stormy Weathers is a 1992 American action adventure television film directed by Will Mackenzie and starring Cybill Shepherd. The film premiered on May 4, 1992 on ABC.
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