Regis Toomey

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John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer.

Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a stock actor and eventually made it to Broadway. Toomey was a singer on stage until throat problems (acute laryngitis) while touring in Europe stopped that aspect of his career. In 1929, Toomey first began appearing in films. He initially started out as a leading man, but found more success as a character actor (sans his toupee).

Toomey appeared in over 180 films, including classics such as The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart. In 1956, he appeared as a judge, with Chuck Connors as "Andy", in the third episode, "The Nevada Nightingale", of the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. Toomey thereafter appeared in another anthology series too as the character "Harry" in the 1960 episode "The Doctor and the Redhead", with Dick Powell and Felicia Farr, of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. In the 1961–1962 television season, he appeared in a supporting role with George Nader in the syndicated crime drama Shannon about insurance investigators. From 1963–1966, Toomey was one of the stars of the ABC crime drama, Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry. He played Sergeant Les Hart, one of the detectives assisting the murder investigations of the millionaire police captain Amos Burke. He also guest-starred on dozens of television programs, including the "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" episode of Maverick.

In 1941, Toomey appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which he and Jane Wyman had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

The Big Sleep

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Spellbound

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His Girl Friday

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Meet John Doe

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The Bishop's Wife

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Guys and Dolls

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The Time Tunnel

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Warlock

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Man's Favorite Sport?

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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Phantom Lady

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Perry Mason

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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Mighty Joe Young

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They Died with Their Boots On

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Raw Deal

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The Last Sunset

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'G' Men

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The High and the Mighty

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Union Pacific

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Show Boat

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Green Acres

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Island in the Sky

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The Boy with Green Hair

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The Devil and Miss Jones

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Northwest Passage

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The Errand Boy

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Cry Danger

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Beyond the Forest

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Rawhide

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The Tall Target

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Adam-12

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North West Mounted Police

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Petticoat Junction

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Maverick

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

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The Hangman

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Magic Town

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy

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The Virginian

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Dive Bomber

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The Carey Treatment

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Great Day in the Morning

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The Night of the Grizzly

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Arizona

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The People Against O'Hara

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Change of Habit

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Wagon Train

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Station West

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Come to the Stable

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The Phantom Creeps

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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

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The Crowd Roars

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Cheyenne

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The Guilty

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Drums Across the River

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Alibi

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Other Men's Women

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Strange Illusion

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Peter Gunn

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The Thirteenth Hour

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High Tide

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Tomahawk

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Dr. Kildare

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Mysterious Intruder

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The Battle at Apache Pass

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Route 66

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Destroyer

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Evil Town

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

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Gunn

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Sister Kenny

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One Frightened Night

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Never Wave at a WAC

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Guns of the Timberland

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Framed

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Dakota Incident

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Take the High Ground!

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Under Eighteen

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Shopworn

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Frenchie

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Burke's Law

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The Invisible Menace

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Climax!

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Follow the Boys

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Murder by the Clock

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My Six Convicts

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Dark Mountain

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'Til We Meet Again

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Bullet Scars

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Top Gun

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Shadow of the Law

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The Phantom of Hollywood

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Ghost Story

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The Human Jungle

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She Had to Say Yes

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Tennessee Johnson

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Street of Chance

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

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Four Star Playhouse

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Indianapolis Speedway

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Trackdown

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Undercover Girl

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Dynamite Pass

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A Shot in the Dark

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Murder on the Blackboard

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

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Submarine D-1

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The Tall Man

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

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Bronco

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Playhouse 90

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Cover Me Babe

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Big City

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Thunder Afloat

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Murder in the Blue Room

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Child of Divorce

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The Mysterious Miss X

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The Finger Points

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Wings of the Navy

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You're in the Army Now

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Lux Video Theatre

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Matinee Theater

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Sugarfoot

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Letter to Loretta

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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

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Betrayal from the East

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The Doughgirls

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The Nurse's Secret

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Shadow of Doubt

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Picture Brides

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Illegal Traffic

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Her Sister's Secret

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It Happens Every Thursday

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

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Navy Log

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The Legend of Jesse James

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I Was Framed

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Curfew Breakers

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Shadows of the Orient

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Finn and Hattie

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Midnight Taxi

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Back in Circulation

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Society Smugglers

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Just for You

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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

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Cain's Hundred

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General Electric Theater

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Going My Way

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The Millionaire

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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Cavalcade of America

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

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Hey Mulligan

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Main Street to Broadway

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When the Lights Go On Again

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The Light of Western Stars

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The Penal Code

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They Never Come Back

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A Strange Adventure

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Graft

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The Nebraskan

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Bulldog Edition

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Big Time Or Bust

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Adventures of the Flying Cadets

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24 Hours

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Law of the Tropics

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She Had to Choose

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Red Morning

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Blind Alibi

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March On, Marines

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Again Pioneers

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Johnny Shiloh

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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

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Reaching for the Sun

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December Bride

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Tightrope

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The Devil's Henchman

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Raiders of Ghost City

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Laughing at Life

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Skull and Crown

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Joy Ride

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Bars of Hate

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Great God Gold

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Three for Jamie Dawn

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Sing Boy Sing

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Navy Bound

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A Man from Wyoming

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Street of Missing Men

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Redhead

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My Pal Gus

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Kick In

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New York Town

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Follow That Woman

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Hunted Men

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Shannon

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Hidden Power

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Trapped in the Sky

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The Wheel of Life

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Scandal Sheet

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Song of the Open Road

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Good Intentions

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State Trooper

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Illusion

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Crossroads - U.S.A.

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No Time at All

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Pirates of the Skies

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The Lady Escapes

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The Forest Rangers

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Reaching from Heaven

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Rich People

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Dr. Shagetz

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Manhattan Moon

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Son of Belle Starr

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Smashing the Spy Ring

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How to Break 90 #5: Impact

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Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

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The Big Fix

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The Backbone of America

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Soldiers of the Storm

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Touchdown!

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The Midnight Patrol

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Crazy That Way

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