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- ↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935)". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
- ↑ The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929– 1939, edited by Jeffrey Richards, IB Tauris (1998), p.92
- ↑ "Sexton Blake And The Mademoiselle". TVGuide.com.
