 The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971   PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Aubrey Woods, Susan Travers, Alex Scott, Peter Jeffrey, Peter Gilmore, Sean Bury, David Hutcheson, Edward Burnham, Maurice Kaufmann, John Cater
This horror story centers on Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) who, with help from his assistant Vulnavia (Virginia North), seeks revenge against the nine doctors who failed to save his wife from death. Phibes' plan involves the Biblical deadly plagues, and doctors are murdered in bizarre killings. Inspector Trout (Peter Jeffrey) is investigating, but will he be able to solve the mysterious murders before chief surgeon Dr. Vesalius (Joseph Cotten) meets his demise? 1 User Review
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| | Still One of My Favorite Horror Flick's! | Debrinconcita 08/25/2009 | | The doctor and his wife were in some kind of accident, where they got burned up. His wife died afterward's and he blame's the doctor in charge at the hospital, and all the staff for her death. When he finally get's well enough after the accident, he stalks all of them and makes them die, because she died. He does give them chance's to save themselves. It has a very interesting story line. One of Vincent Price's best movies, I thought anyway! |
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The Beggar's Opera 1953  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Stanley Holloway, George Devine, Mary Clare, Hugh Griffith, Athene Seyler, Dorothy Tutin, Margot Grahame, Yvonne Furneaux, George Rose, Edward Pryor, Daphne Anderson, Eric Pohlmann, Stuart Burge, Gerald Lawson
Based on John Gay's 18th-century opera, this is the story of highwayman Captain MacHeath (Laurence Olivier) who loves the beggar king Peachum's (George Devine) daughter Polly (Dorothy Tutin) but is also interested in Lucy (Daphne Anderson) who is the daughter of the corrupt constable Mr. Lockit (Stanley Holloway). When Polly and Lucy join forces, they manage to have MacHeath sent to prison and condemned to a hanging. While in prison, The Beggar (Hugh Griffith) entertains MacHeath with an opera featuring MacHeath as a hero, and soon after MacHeath is rescued from his death sentence.
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 Ben-Hur 1959  N/R, 211 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Finlay Currie, Frank Thring, Terence Longdon, George Relph, Andre Morell, Ferdy Mayne, Tutte Lemkow
Remember the famous Chariot Race where one of the extras forgot to take off his watch? That seems to be the only flaw in this epic film that won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. Charlton Heston also won for Best Actor as the Jewish Prince Judah Ben-Hur whose life story is told in tandem with the life of Jesus. Other Oscars included Best Director and Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith).
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The Canterbury Tales 1972 NC-17, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Josephine Chaplin, Franco Citti, Alan Webb, Pier Paolo Pasolini, J.P. Van Dyne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Adrian Street, O.T., Derek Deadman, George Bethell Datch, Nicolas Smith, Dan Thomas
Following "The Decameron" (1971), Pier Paolo Pasolini is back with his second bawdy classic. Several of Chaucer's tales, including those of the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Cook, the Merchant, the Miller, the Summoner, and the Reeve are told with both humor and drama. The stories reveal 14th-Century English culture–including sexual, social, and political life.
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The Counterfeit Traitor 1962 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton
Cast: William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith, Ernst Schroder, Eva Dahlbeck, Werner Peters, Klaus Kinski, Stefan Schnabel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Phil Brown
Oil importer Eric Erickson (William Holden) is recruited in Stockholm as a spy for the Allies against the Nazis during World War II.
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Craze 1973  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Infernal Idol
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, Michael Jayston, Martin Potter, Marianne Stone
Neal Mottram (Jack Palance) is an antique dealer whose hobby of witchcraft turns into a tale of horror when his African idol, Chuku, demands human sacrifices.
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Cry of the Banshee 1970 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Essy Persson, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Mower, Hilary Heath, Sally Geeson, Michael Elphick, Robert Hutton, Stephen Chase, Carl Rigg, Marshall Jones, Andrew McCulloch, Pamela Fairbrother, Quinn O'Hara
Lord Edward Whitman (Vincent Price) leads a witch-hunt and massacres many witches. Their leader, Oona (Elisabeth Bergner), then puts a curse on Whitman and his entire family. Using her occult powers, Oona summons a demon that takes the form of Roderick (Patrick Mower) who then takes the job of stable boy working for the Whitman family. Roderick falls in love with Whitman's daughter Maureen (Hilary Heath), which sets off tragic events involving both the witches and the Whitman family, and Oona gets her revenge.
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Valli Kemp, Hugh Griffith, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Fiona Lewis, Peter Jeffrey, Milton Reid
The diabolical Doctor Phibes (Vincent Price) is back again–still trying new ways to bring his dead wife back to life. This time, he looks for an Egyptian drug that he believes holds the key to his quest.
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Exodus 1960  N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek, Hugh Griffith, Gregory Ratoff, Felix Aylmer, David Opatoshu, Jill Haworth, Marius Goring, Michael Wager, Alexandra Stewart
This is Leon Uris's story about the settling of a new Israel following World War II. In this well-produced historical film, Ari (Paul Newman) is a leader of the Jewish underground Hagannah. He commandeers a ship to bring 600 Jews into the newly partitioned Palestine just before the United Nations votes to make Palestine a Jewish state. Ari achieves victory, and now 30,000 more Jews relocate into the Holy Land. Sal Mineo received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. One other nomination was received, and the film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 03/09/2013 | | As already mentioned, the storyline is only loosely related to the book, but is a good story on its' own. This is a case where the depth and power of the book cannot be captured by a movie. Contrary to the usual order, I saw the movie and was moved to read the book which is one of the few in my category of read again. |
| | Can I give it a minus 10? | Anonymous 07/24/2011 | | No, this is NOT "Leon Uris's story." I like Paul Newman, but he is certainly not dark-haired, dark-eyed, and well over 6 feet tall. Nor is Sal Mineo anywhere close to being the pale-blond undersized Polish "sewer rat" from the book. To the flagrant casting miscues, add the fact that the book's Exodus was filled with Jewish refugee CHILDREN--Ben Canaan knew that would garner maximum levels of both sympathy and outrage from observers, while adult refugees would not come anywhere near that level of "do something" when the kids began fainting from their hunger strike and were laid on the deck--and it is an insult to Uris's work. Would have walked out, but I kept watching to see what other "rewriting" abominations would occur. I understand Uris hated the film, too. |
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The Fixer 1968  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu, David Warner, Carol White, George Murcell, Murray Melvin, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Goodliffe, Thomas Heathcote, Mike Pratt
This film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel about Yakov Bok (Alan Bates), a Jewish handyman, who is unjustly imprisoned in Czarist Russia.
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 How to Steal a Million 1966 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, Fernand Gravey, Marcel Dalio, Jacques Marin, Moustache, Roger Treville, Edward Malin, Bert Bertram, Reme Longa, Georg Stanford Brown, Louise Chevalier
Simon Dermott (Peter O'Toole) is hired by Nicole (Audrey Hepburn) to steal a fake statue that her father, Bonnet (Hugh Griffith) had inadvertently donated to a museum before it is discovered that he is an art forger. Nicole believes that Simon is a burglar, but he is really a detective, and, entranced by Nicole who is engaged to American art collector Davis Leland (Eli Wallach), he agrees. The statue is stolen, and Simon gives it to Davis with instructions to leave Nicole and take the statue home. Davis agrees, and Nicole and Simon now have each other.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Hugh Griffith, Jeremy Spenser, Arthur Lowe, Audrey Fildes, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, John Salew, Lyn Evans, Laurence Naismith
Alec Guinness plays all of the family members of the d'Ascoyne family in this satire on the aristocratic lifestyle. Louis (Dennis Price) has been spurned by the wealthy d'Ascoyne family since his mother eloped with his commoner father. Now, Louis sets out to murder eight members of the family in order to get his hands on the inheritance and obtain the status of Duke. Great Guinness!
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Laughter in Paradise 1951 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mario Zampi
Cast: Alastair Sim, Guy Middleton, Fay Compton, George Cole, Hugh Griffith, Joyce Grenfell, John Laurie, Beatrice Campbell, Anthony Steel, Audrey Hepburn
Four relatives share a fortune–if they perform the actions designated in a very strange will left by a practical joker. That cigarette girl is Audrey Hepburn in her film debut.
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Luther 1973 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Julian Glover, Leonard Rossiter, Maurice Denham, Peter Cellier, Thomas Heathcote, Malcolm Stoddard
John Osborne's play is adapted to the screen in this biography of 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther (Stacy Keach). The story covers Luther's growing issues with the Catholic Church and his decision to lead the Reformation movement.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Percy Herbert, Noel Purcell, Gordon Jackson, Duncan Lamont, Chips Rafferty, Tarita, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim Seely, Frank Silvera
This second filming of "Mutiny on the Bounty" stars Trevor Howard as the overly strict and cruel Captain Bligh who sails the H.M.S. Bounty from Portsmouth England to the South Pacific where the crew enjoys the paradise of Tahiti. The rest of the trip proves to be anything but a paradise when First Mate Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) leads the Bounty crew in mutiny. Excellent scenery and music. Seven Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Picture.
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 Oliver! 1968   G, 146 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Hugh Griffith, Joseph O'Conor, Leonard Rossiter, Megs Jenkins, Peggy Mount, Hylda Baker, Kenneth Cranham, Sheila White, Wensley Pithey
This film won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Director and is an excellent production of Charles Dickens' story set to music. The plot involves the orphan Oliver Twist (Mark Lester) who is befriended by the Artful Dodger (Jack Wild) and joins a gang of thieves led by Fagan (Ron Moody). Despite his circumstances, Oliver does find friends and a "family" within the gang. Popular songs include "As Long as He Needs Me" and "Consider Yourself." A total of six Oscars were received, and there were six other nominations, including Best Actor (Ron Moody) and Supporting Actor (Jack Wild). 1 User Review
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| | Margo 06/27/2011 | | It's Reed's eyes that did it for me |
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A Run for Your Money 1949 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, Clive Morton, Leslie Perrins, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Rigby, David Davies, Julie Milton, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Dorothy Bramhall, Andrew Leigh, Mackenzie Ward
Welsh coal-mining brothers "Dai" and "Twim" Jones (Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards) win a day in London along with tickets to the England-Wales Rugby match. Upon arrival in the city, they manage to lose their chaperone Whimple (Alec Guinness) as well as each other, which all leads to one day of excitement–including women and booze–and an entertaining movie.
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The Sleeping Tiger 1954 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Alexis Smith, Alexander Knox, Hugh Griffith, Patricia McCarron, Maxine Audley, Glyn Houston, Harry Towb, Russell Waters, Billie Whitelaw, Fred Griffiths, Esma Cannon
Frank Clements (Dirk Bogarde) breaks into the home of criminal psychologist Dr. Clive Esmond (Alexander Knox) who, after catching him, offers to help Frank reform and give up his life of crime. The rehabilitation begins, but Clive's wife Glenda (Alexis Smith), who doesn't care for Frank at first, is finally seduced by him–and that is when Frank decides that he really wants to reform. But, Glenda has other ideas and convinces Frank to get into her car, which she drives off a cliff. Glenda is killed, but Frank manages to survive.
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So Evil My Love 1948 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Leo G. Carroll, Raymond Huntley, Martita Hunt, Hugh Griffith, Moira Lister, Raymond Lovell, Finlay Currie, Roderick Lovell, Muriel Aked, Ivor Barnard, Maureen Delaney, Ernest Jay
While aboard a ship to England in the 1890s, an evil artist, Mark Bellis (Ray Milland), finagles his way into widow Olivia Harwood's (Ann Todd) confidence. Mark contracts malaria, and, when they arrive in London, Mark moves into Olivia's lodging house where she nurses him back to health. In the process, she becomes his victim of theft and blackmail. Olivia, who has finally had enough, kills Mark and then goes to the police with her confession.
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Some Like It Cool 1977  R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Sex on the Run
Casanova & Co.
Director: Franz Antel
Cast: Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Sylva Koscina, Hugh Griffith, Britt Ekland, Victor Spinetti, Marisa Mell, Andrea Ferreol, Umberto Orsini, Jean Lefebvre, Jenny Arasse, Jacques Herlin, Jeannie Bell, Lillian Muller, Olivia Pascal
When Giacomo Casanova (Tony Curtis) discovers himself impotent, he hires his look-alike (also played by Curtis) to fill in for his sexual feats and, thus, maintain his reputation.
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin, Ewa Aulin, Helen Fraser, Rosalind Knight, Ken Parry, Maxwell Shaw
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins–one set from an aristocratic family and the other set from a poor family–who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins: Philippe and Pierre and Claude and Charles.
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Term of Trial 1962 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Glenville
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret, Roland Culver, Hugh Griffith, Sarah Miles, Terence Stamp, Frank Pettingell, Thora Hird, Norman Bird, Allan Cuthbertson
A schoolteacher, Graham Weir (Laurence Olivier), is accused of sexually assaulting one of his students and must prove to the world–and his nagging wife (Simone Signoret)–that he is innocent.
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The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Griffith, Gabrielle Brune, Sid James, Reginald Beckwith, Edie Martin, Jack MacGowran, Ewan Roberts
After the British Rail abandons its passenger train service, villagers take over the train and compete against the local bus company.
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Tom Jones 1963 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, Joyce Redman, David Tomlinson, George A. Cooper, Peter Bull
Raised as a foundling, Tom Jones (Albert Finney) falls in love with Sophie (Susannah York), but he is sent away so that she may marry another. Tom ends up in London where he engages in sexual merriment and is later reunited with Sophie. A rollicking fun flick. Oscars were won for Best Picture, Director, Writing, and Musical Score; nominations included Best Actor (Finney), Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith), and three for Supporting Actress (Diane Cilento, Edith Evans, and Joyce Redman).
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Who Slew Auntie Roo? 1971 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Whoever Slew Antie Roo?
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Chloe Franks, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley, Judy Cornwell, Marianne Stone, Pat Heywood
This modern-day "Hansel and Gretel" story involves the kidnapping of Christopher (Mark Lester) and Katy (Chloe Franks) by their Aunt Roo (Shelley Winters). The children eventually kill Aunt Roo and burn down her home.
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 Wuthering Heights 1970 G, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Fuest
Cast: Anna Calder-Marshall, Timothy Dalton, Harry Andrews, Pamela Brown, Judy Cornwell, James Cossins, Rosalie Crutchley, Julian Glover, Ian Ogilvy, Hugh Griffith, Hilary Heath, Morag Hood, Peter Sallis, Aubrey Woods, Wendy Allnutt
Emily Bronte's story is narrated by servant girl Nellie (Judy Cornwell) who relates the story of star-crossed lovers Cathy (Anna Calder-Marsh) and Heathcliff (Timothy Dalton). The tale begins when Mr. Earnshaw (Harry Andrews) brings home orphaned Heathcliff. Mr. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Julian Glover) hates Heathcliff, but his sister Cathy looks on Heathcliff as a soul mate and loves him. After, Mr. Earnshaw dies, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up and fall in love. But, Cathy marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (Ian Ogilvy). Meanwhile, Heathcliff, who has left, returns a wealthy man, and Hindley gambles away Wuthering Heights to him. Now, Cathy finds that she has not been able to forget Heathcliff, and even death cannot part them. 1 User Review
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| | accurate to most of the books plot,could have gone on a bit | bird 01/24/2007 | | great dialogue! great location and true to the novel many scenes took place in the kitchen. |
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1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
2. The Beggar's Opera (1953)
3. Ben-Hur (1959)
4. The Canterbury Tales (1972)
5. The Chastity Belt (1968)
aka: On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
6. The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
7. Craze (1973)
aka: The Infernal Idol
8. Cry of the Banshee (1970)
9. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
10. Exodus (1960)
11. The Fixer (1968)
12. How to Steal a Million (1966)
13. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
14. Laughter in Paradise (1951)
15. Luther (1973)
16. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
17. Oliver! (1968)
18. A Run for Your Money (1949)
19. The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
20. So Evil My Love (1948)
21. Some Like It Cool (1977)
aka: Sex on the Run
aka: Casanova & Co.
22. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
23. Term of Trial (1962)
24. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
25. Tom Jones (1963)
26. Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971)
aka: Whoever Slew Antie Roo?
27. Wuthering Heights (1970)
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