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568:(1961),
564:(1959),
560:(1959),
341:Cold War
316:(1945),
306:(1944),
159:(1963),
153:(1961),
147:(1959),
141:(1959),
1350:Flipper
1286:Villa!!
1002:Result
937:Villa!!
929:Pursuit
841:Flipper
711:Bonanza
586:Flipper
570:Flipper
528:on the
468:Lassie,
400:Villa!!
228:Editing
156:Flipper
1393:(1972)
1385:(1969)
1369:(1966)
1361:(1964)
1353:(1963)
1345:(1963)
1337:(1961)
1329:(1961)
1321:(1960)
1313:(1960)
1305:(1959)
1297:(1959)
1289:(1958)
1281:(1958)
1273:(1957)
993:Award
972:(1957)
956:(1958)
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916:(1959)
892:(1960)
884:(1961)
876:(1961)
852:(1963)
844:(1963)
770:(1966)
751:Batman
722:(1969)
687:Lassie
646:(1938)
638:(1939)
618:(1945)
610:(1956)
600:Editor
499:Static
464:Batman
343:drama
328:biopic
186:Lassie
180:Batman
121:, and
101:Spouse
77:, U.S.
1326:Misty
873:Misty
566:Misty
242:film
150:Misty
1212:IMDb
1066:Won
1044:Won
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397:and
207:Ohio
60:Died
53:U.S.
31:Born
1210:at
541:by
454:CBS
432:ABC
339:'s
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213:in
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