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460:James Cagney
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193:Running time
170:Release date
93:Larry Hagman
81:Philip Bruns
886:Sayre, Nora
870:October 29,
664:Art Carney
590:Nominee(s)
523:Gene Siskel
519:Roger Ebert
448:Lenny Bruce
304:Los Angeles
197:115 minutes
124:Tonto (cat)
61:Produced by
39:Directed by
1441:1974 films
1435:Categories
1386:The Pickle
1132:August 18,
1107:August 18,
1082:October 2,
1024:(492): 10.
804:2018-03-07
759:References
738:Nominated
700:5th Place
652:Nominated
637:Nominated
612:Art Carney
607:Best Actor
502:Nora Sayre
476:Phil Bruns
468:Cary Grant
454:Production
444:Sally Marr
405:Louis Guss
390:Phil Bruns
321:Art Carney
292:hitchhiker
260:Art Carney
226:Box office
181:1974-08-12
153:Bill Conti
73:Art Carney
49:Written by
587:Category
497:Reception
434:as Mugger
399:Avon Long
362:as Ginger
300:Las Vegas
231:(rentals)
221:$ 980,000
139:Edited by
121:Avon Long
1402:Winchell
1394:Faithful
1187:AllMovie
1076:Archived
1052:July 19,
1046:Archived
937:Archived
832:Archived
798:Archived
747:See also
401:as Leroy
262:won the
210:Language
149:Music by
69:Starring
1338:Tempest
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1162:June 6,
908:Variety
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288:Chicago
213:English
202:Country
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584:Award
218:Budget
894:: 24.
596:Ref.
1198:IMDb
1164:2010
1134:2024
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1084:2011
1054:2021
945:2018
872:2007
859:Time
840:2018
777:ISBN
718:Won
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