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- ↑ "Six-Gun Gold: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- 1 2 3 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56.
- ↑ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p162
- ↑ "Tim Holt Rides a Perilous Race". The Advocate . Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. January 8, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
