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- ↑ Alain Silver; James Ursini (2007). The Gangster Film Reader. Limelight. pp. 330–. ISBN 978-0-87910-332-3.
- ↑ Knolle, Sharon (2017-06-06). "Five Chilling Documentaries about the Mob". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- ↑ Peter Chrisp; T. G. Fieldwalker (14 October 2013). Chrisp's True Crime Miscellany: Stories * Facts * Tales & Trivia. Octopus Books. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-1-78157-132-3.
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