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- ↑ Mankiewicz, Ben (March 20, 2016) Outro to the Turner Classic Movies presentation of Bon Voyage
- ↑ "Alfred Hitchcock's Bon Voyage & Aventure malgache". Milestone Films. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
