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- ↑ "Early Michael Powell" Duguid, Mark. BFI Screen Online. Retrieved 12 August 2010
- ↑ Missing Believed Lost - Born Lucky powell-pressburger.org Retrieved 12 August 2010
- ↑ Picturegoer Weekly review powell-pressburger.org Retrieved 12 August 2010