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- ↑ Interfilmes.com - The Five of Me >> Elenco >> Ver todo o Elenco...
- ↑ Neil Simon on Screen: Adaptations and Original Scripts for Film and Television, By Peter Shelley - Page 99 One, Film Adaptations, I Ought to Be in Pictures
- ↑ New York Times , Friday, March 26, 1982 - MATTHAU BACK IN SIMON'S HOLLYWOOD By Vincent Canby
- ↑ Critic Online - EXPLOITATION
- ↑ Choisirunfilm.fr - Walking The Edge (1983), Synopsis
- ↑ The Motion Picture Guide ... Annual, Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross - Page 209 WALKING THE EDGE
- ↑ Hollywood.com - Walking the Edge (1985)
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- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes - Walking the Edge (1985)
- ↑ Turner Classic Movies - Perfect Match, The (1987), Cast & Crew
- ↑ Cineplex.com - The Perfect Match
- ↑ IMDb - Wayne Woodson
