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- ↑ "The Stratford adventure 1954". exlibrisgroup.com. York University. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ↑ "The Stratford Adventure". bufvc.ac.uk. British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- ↑ Wyndham Wise, ed. (September 8, 2001). "The Stratford Adventure". Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press. pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-0802083982.
- ↑ "The 27th Academy Awards (1955) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Retrieved May 30, 2019.