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- ↑ Paris Plane at NY Times
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- ↑ Bennett, Charles (19 March 2014). Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144801 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Paris Plane".
