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- ↑ PIERCE ('STEELE') BROSNAN UPGRADING HIS IMAGE: Incomplete Source Mann, Roderick. Los Angeles Times 4 Sep 1984: sd_d1.
- 1 2 FROM CORSICA, THE GOOD AND THE BAD: [THIRD Edition] Buck, Jerry. Boston Globe 5 Feb 1985: 52.
- 1 2 ROUGH EDGES DULL SHARPNESS OF 'CORSICAN BROTHERS': [FINAL, C Edition] Anderson, Jon. Chicago Tribune 5 Feb 1985: 8.
- ↑ 'Corsican Brothers,' Swashbuckling Drama By STEPHEN HOLDEN. New York Times 5 Feb 1985: C18.