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- ↑ "The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)". bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ Spring-Heeled Jack, Tod Slaughter, Hugh Cross, Peter Collingwood, 16 January 1950, retrieved 9 July 2018
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