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- ↑ Langman, Larry; Finn, Daniel (1995). A guide to American crime films of the thirties. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780313295324.
- ↑ Dooley, Roger (1983). From Scarface to Scarlett: American Films in the 1930s. New York New York, USA: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. p. 322. ISBN 9780156339988.