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- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ The Treasure Seekers at the Complete Rod Taylor site accessed 12 March 2013
- ↑ Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood (Bear Manor Media, 2010) p188-189
