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- ↑ Robert Murphy Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion 1844571262 - 2006 "Most of Greengrass subsequent films have been made for television, including Open Fire (1994), the story behind the police shooting of Stephen Waldorf, a film editor who was mistaken for the cross-dressing armed robber David Martin."
- ↑ "Open Fire (1994)".