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1544:Yaqui Drums
1464:Casa Manana
1314:The Creeper
577:Hit the Ice
521:In the Navy
284:as Henchman
282:Jack Ingram
270:Bruce Cabot
258:Mitzi Green
92:Mitzi Green
70:Produced by
46:Directed by
1598:1952 films
1592:Categories
1444:Big Timber
1274:Cuban Pete
1264:Inside Job
1194:In Society
795:Television
584:In Society
482:Bud Abbott
349:References
333:Home media
295:Production
278:as Sherman
260:as Rosetta
246:Bud Abbott
201:Box office
170:76 minutes
154:1952-07-28
84:Bud Abbott
56:Written by
1524:Hot Shots
1134:Get Going
316:Universal
288:Rex Lease
264:Tom Ewell
196:$ 677,230
116:Edited by
96:Tom Ewell
1424:Sideshow
861:Cartoons
808:episodes
549:Rio Rita
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432:at the
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188:English
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