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- ↑ Muñoz, Fernando (30 November 2018). "Clint Eastwood, mil soldados de Franco y un cementerio: los secretos del mítico Sad Hill". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ "'Sad Hill Unearthed', el día que un vigués volvió a poner a Clint Eastwood ante las cámaras". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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