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- ↑ "Peter Hinwood". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 October 2017.
- ↑ "Le AVVENTURE DI ULISSE (1968)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017.
- ↑ "Tam Lin (1971) – Roddy McDowall | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
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- ↑ Lovatt-Smith, Lisa(1997). London Living, p. 100. Whitney Library of Design, an imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. ISBN 978-0-8230-2836-8.
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