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228:"Plot secrets gag critic".
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628:Appointment with a Shadow
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588:Mr. Denning Drives North
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244:"The Joshua Tree Review"
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596:The Captain's Paradise
418:The Captain's Paradise
261:"Gable puts chuckle".
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684:A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
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263:The Los Angeles Times
773:Plays by Alec Coppel
230:The Daily Telegraph
735:I Killed the Count
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449:I Killed the Count
411:Viva Le Difference
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757:Categories
676:The Statue
644:The Gazebo
572:Smart Alec
404:The Gazebo
155:References
59:1958-07-09
24:Written by
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303:Works by
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431:Cadenza
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185:Variety
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