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- ↑ "Murder on the Second Floor". 1 January 1932 – via IMDb.
- ↑ "Murder on the Second Floor (1932)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
- ↑ "Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - William McGann - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
