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- ↑ Denis Gifford, ed. (2016) [1973]. British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non Fiction Film. Vol. 2. Routledge. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-57958-171-8.
- ↑ Chibnall p.266.
