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2440:(1999 film)
2432:(1982 film)
2424:(1977 film)
2260:adaptations
2201:Screenplays
2132:Red Harvest
1494:Red Harvest
1389:Peter Boyle
1272:August 1929
1262:"Fly Paper"
1108:Red Harvest
1079:Red Harvest
1050:Red Harvest
1021:Red Harvest
851:"Corkscrew"
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250:Red Harvest
235:Black Mask.
227:hard-boiled
201:Mike Hammer
2454:Categories
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1455:References
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1291:Black Mask
1268:Black Mask
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632:"One Hour"
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222:Black Mask
208:Lew Archer
182:hardboiled
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126:Black Mask
103:. He is a
85:Occupation
62:Created by
54:Black Mask
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2182:Sam Spade
1410:Fly Paper
1404:In 1995,
1387:In 1982,
1372:In 1978,
1359:In 1939,
1003:June 1927
688:June 1924
425:Magazine
378:In 2017,
186:Sam Spade
141:informant
2080:LibriVox
2023:(2017).
1892:(2001).
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1427:See also
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838:May 1925
434:Summary
321:mapbacks
159:morphine
2429:Hammett
2407:Related
2076:stories
1394:Hammett
172:"What?"
115:Profile
43:edition
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