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- ↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for There Is No 13". imdb.com. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Filmaffinity.com - site about "There Is No 13"" . Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- 1 2 "Hidden-Films.com – Article about Sachs' Life and works" . Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ↑ "VFTLA.org: Resume of William Sachs (PDF)" (PDF). Retrieved May 19, 2016..
- ↑ "Stage 32: William Sachs' page" . Retrieved May 18, 2016..