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8.3
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84
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4.2
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/56/
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75
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cc age 18+

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
83
7.5
/301623/
73
/12378/
74
/3955/
4.0
/1155735/
93
/473/
84
/1570/
89
/63/
cc age 16+

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
82
7.7
/33077/
74
/729/
74
/661/
3.8
/50787/
98
/51/
87
/796/
90
/12/

Scarface (1932)
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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80
7.9
/17191/
76
/303/
75
/259/
4.0
/14978/
100
/18/
89
/222/
80
/15/

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
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79
7.6
/24573/
73
/440/
72
/379/
3.7
/27592/
100
/35/
84
/468/
80
/18/

The Public Enemy (1931)
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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68
6.4
/5078/
65
/72/
58
/56/
3.4
/2956/
75
/32/
61
/76/
66
/21/

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
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68
7.3
/16430/
72
/381/
72
/374/
3.6
/13171/
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/30/
74
/137/
62
/8/

The Front Page (1974)
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.
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7.2
/261675/
73
/6220/
70
/3230/
3.4
/94382/
67
/217/
74
/4039/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

Lawless (2012)
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
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67
7.5
/3834/
68
/101/
70
/84/
3.8
/5240/
90
/20/
87
/38/

Underworld (1927)
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
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78
67
7.5
/4847/
67
/61/
73
/62/
3.8
/5111/
100
/6/
81
/28/
73
/6/

One Way Passage (1932)
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
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67
7.1
/5454/
71
/101/
65
/75/
3.5
/3835/
100
/5/
70
/59/
73
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Marked Woman (1937)
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
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67
6.8
/8787/
68
/200/
65
/122/
3.3
/7706/
95
/22/
69
/162/
69
/7/

The Cocoanuts (1929)
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.
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64
7.4
/5262/
69
/118/
69
/153/
3.6
/6751/
82
/498/

Pay Day (1922)
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
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64
7.2
/4417/
66
/99/
66
/110/
3.6
/5035/
100
/7/
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/26/

The Idle Class (1921)
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
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63
7.1
/3388/
70
/58/
64
/54/
3.3
/2740/
90
/10/
76
/40/
81
/9/

Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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63
6.9
/4320/
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/92/
63
/58/
3.4
/6013/
93
/15/
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/79/

I'm No Angel (1933)
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
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7.0
/5048/
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/89/
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/12/
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Night Nurse (1931)
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
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63
6.6
/5171/
71
/128/
63
/110/
3.3
/2557/
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/8/
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/71/

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
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61
7.1
/4806/
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/67/
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/70/
3.4
/4790/
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/6/
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/52/
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/5/

Three on a Match (1932)
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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59
7.0
/4364/
67
/92/
67
/98/
3.6
/7470/
85
/13/
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/20/

Battling Butler (1926)
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
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59
7.1
/5148/
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/75/
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/52/
3.4
/2526/
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/7/
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/95/

Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
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6.9
/2896/
68
/92/
68
/96/
3.5
/5238/
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/254/

Hard Luck (1921)
A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his undoing.
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5.9
/19778/
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/1899/
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/385/
2.7
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40
/143/
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/216/
47
/41/
cc age 15+

The Alto Knights (2025)
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
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6.9
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3.3
/3940/
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/9/
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Spite Marriage (1929)
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
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55
6.4
/6090/
68
/164/
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3.2
/3489/
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
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6.4
/62020/
70
/5131/
62
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2.8
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35
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cc age 17+

Live by Night (2016)
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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52
6.8
/3065/
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/99/
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3.3
/1685/
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/350/

Pardon Us (1931)
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
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52
7.0
/4107/
72
/60/
69
/58/
3.3
/1445/
66
/680/

Boom Town (1940)
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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52
5.9
/10228/
66
/238/
62
/190/
2.7
/3545/
9
/34/
57
/286/

Mobsters (1991)
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
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6.4
/63367/
67
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63
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3.1
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cc age 16+

Last Man Standing (1996)
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
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49
6.6
/1831/
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65
/40/
3.1
/2008/
100
/6/
67
/18/

The Racket (1928)
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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49
7.4
/2902/
71
/24/
66
/23/
3.7
/1407/
88
/281/

The Patsy (1928)
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
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48
6.6
/3184/
60
/40/
60
/45/
3.3
/2093/
58
/542/

A Free Soul (1931)
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
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47
7.4
/1963/
71
/45/
72
/46/
3.5
/1022/
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Blotto (1930)
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
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46
5.7
/3458/
64
/104/
58
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3.0
/1086/
32
/44/
26
/24/

Capone (1975)
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.
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45
6.8
/2477/
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/44/
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/35/

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
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45
7.4
/2687/
63
/18/
70
/24/
3.8
/1464/
75
/8/
69
/20/

Heroes for Sale (1933)
World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.
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44
5.5
/8909/
52
/206/
52
/157/
2.4
/10496/
42
/31/
21
/179/
66
/9/

The Broadway Melody (1929)
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
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43
6.6
/2624/
65
/78/
62
/94/
3.3
/3648/
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/12/

My Wife's Relations (1922)
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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40
6.7
/2136/
66
/55/
66
/52/
3.4
/678/
58
/110/

Al Capone (1959)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
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39
6.9
/1736/
64
/28/
60
/33/
3.5
/2666/
50
/53/

The Criminal Code (1931)
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
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37
6.3
/1445/
63
/27/
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/30/
3.2
/1295/
67
/12/
54
/21/

The Bat Whispers (1930)
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the criminal as well. Meanwhile, Cornelia Van Gorder has various people arrive at her old mansion, including her niece, Dale, a bank employee, and police detective Anderson. When guests start turning up dead, Cornelia begins to suspect that The Bat may be lurking around the estate.
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71
36
6.5
/950/
67
/37/
58
/31/
3.2
/849/
100
/5/
74
/5/

The Pharmacist (1933)
A henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintain his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.
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36
6.7
/756/
61
/20/
62
/25/
3.4
/1228/
100
/6/
53
/6/

The Blot (1921)
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
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36
6.1
/2262/
58
/52/
58
/44/
3.2
/1828/
43
/15/

Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
George Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After a botched robbery, Flo, Kelly and his gang try their hand at a more lucrative job: kidnapping.
poster
64
35
7.0
/1261/
61
/17/
56
/21/
3.2
/1423/
71
/441/

Call Her Savage (1932)
A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the error of her ways.
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35
6.8
/1600/
63
/33/
66
/35/
3.4
/2608/
77
/4/

High and Dizzy (1920)
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
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32
6.4
/1049/
58
/19/
56
/31/
3.4
/1262/
70
/10/
35
/8/

Thunderbolt (1929)
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.


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