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- ↑ "Gentleman Agreement Year's Best Film". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 29 December 2017– via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "'Gentleman's Agreement' Voted Best by Critics". The Hartford Courant. 30 December 1947. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.