Nob Hill (disambiguation)

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Nob Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco.

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Nob Hill, Virginia Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States

Nob Hill is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

<i>Nob Hill</i> (film) 1945 film by Henry Hathaway

Nob Hill is a 1945 Technicolor film about a Barbary Coast saloon keeper starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. Part musical and part drama, the movie was directed by Henry Hathaway.

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