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References
- ↑ Wearing p. 117
- ↑ Kabatchnik p. 172
- ↑ Wearing p. 117
- ↑ Goble p. 488
- ↑ Gifford, Denis (24 October 2018). The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film. Routledge. p. 1965. ISBN 978-1-317-83701-5.
