"Rocking America with laughter!"

1936

1h 55m

7.5(382 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Overview

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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170 members

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Gary Cooper

Longfellow Deeds

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Jean Arthur

Babe Bennett

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George Bancroft

MacWade

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Lionel Stander

Cornelius Cobb

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Douglass Dumbrille

John Cedar

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Raymond Walburn

Walter

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H.B. Warner

Judge May

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Ruth Donnelly

Mabel Dawson

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Walter Catlett

Morrow

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John Wray

Farmer

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Stanley Andrews

James Cedar (uncredited)

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Irving Bacon

Frank (uncredited)

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Hank Bell

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

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Billy Bevan

Cabby (uncredited)

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Spencer Charters

Mal (uncredited)

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Dora Clement

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Gino Corrado

Strolling Violinist (uncredited)

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George Cooper

Bob (uncredited)

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Cecil Cunningham

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Emma Dunn

Mrs. Meredith (uncredited)

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Mary Lou Dix

Shop Girl (uncredited)

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Ann Doran

Girl on Bus (uncredited)

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Muriel Evans

Theresa (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

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Charles K. French

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

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Edward Gargan

Bodyguard (uncredited)

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George 'Gabby' Hayes

Farmer's Spokesman (uncredited)

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Arthur Hoyt

Budington (uncredited)

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Paul Hurst

1st Deputy (uncredited)

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Edward Keane

Board Member (uncredited)

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Charles Lane

Hallor (uncredited)

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Edward LeSaint

Dr. Fosdick (uncredited)

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Warren Hymer

Bodyguard (uncredited)

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Edwin Maxwell

Douglas (uncredited)

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Lafe McKee

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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George Meeker

Henneberry (uncredited)

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Mayo Methot

Mrs. Semple (uncredited)

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James Millican

Interne (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Reporter (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

Reporter (uncredited)

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Louis Natheaux

Waiter (uncredited)

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Dennis O'Keefe

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

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Bud Osborne

Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

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Franklin Pangborn

The Tailor (uncredited)

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Barnett Parker

Butler (uncredited)

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William Phillips

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Paul Porcasi

Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)

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Christian Rub

Christian Jenson (uncredited)

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Hal Price

Policeman (uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

County Hospital Guard (uncredited)

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Steve Clark

Reporter (uncredited)

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Pierre Watkin

Arthur Cedar (uncredited)

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Gustav von Seyffertitz

Emile Von Hallor (uncredited)

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Jameson Thomas

Mr. Semple (uncredited)

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John Tyrrell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank Austin

George Rankin (uncredited)

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John W. Austin

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Louise Bates

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Bobbie Beal

Chorine (uncredited)

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Georgie Billings

Little Boy (uncredited)

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John Binns

Old Lawyer (uncredited)

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Wyrley Birch

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

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Beatrice Blinn

Assistant Secretary (uncredited)

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Katherine Block

Nurse (uncredited)

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Sammy Blum

Reporter (uncredited)

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Joe Bordeaux

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Harry C. Bradley

Anderson (uncredited)

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Charles Brinley

Farmer (uncredited)

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Hal Budlong

Elevator Man (uncredited)

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Vera Burnett

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Fred Cady

Farmer (uncredited)

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Mary Jane Carey

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James Carlisle

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Jack Cheatham

Policeman (uncredited)

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Jack Rube Clifford

Court Policeman (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Auditor (uncredited)

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Georgie Cooper

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Thomas A. Curran

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Beatrice Curtis

Secretary (uncredited)

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Boyd Davis

Young Lawyer (uncredited)

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Helen Dickson

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Rita Donlin

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Walter Downing

Farmer (uncredited)

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Tex Driscoll

Farmer (uncredited)

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Adabelle Driver

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Paul Everton

Farmer (uncredited)

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Florence Dudley

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bobby Dunn

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Peter Duray

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Janet Eastman

Shop Girl (uncredited)

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Oliver Eckhardt

Dr. Emerson (uncredited)

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Jay Eaton

Writer (uncredited)

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Carlton Griffin

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Adolph Faylauer

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Robert Ellsworth

Policeman (uncredited)

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Juanita Fletcher

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Octavio Giraud

Farmer (uncredited)

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Jack Hatfield

Reporter (uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

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Sherry Hall

Charlie (uncredited)

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Frank Hammond

Information Booth Man (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Beth Hartman

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

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Althea Henley

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Al Herman

Reporter (uncredited)

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Harry Holden

Courtroom Guard (uncredited)

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Charles Herzinger

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Lew Hicks

Chuck Collins (uncredited)

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Fay Holderness

Nurse (uncredited)

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Frank Holliday

Mr. Dodsworth (uncredited)

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Gladden James

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Eddie Kane

Brookfield (uncredited)

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William Irving

Writer (uncredited)

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Arthur Stuart Hull

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Alphonse Martell

Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Frederick Lee

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Stella LeSaint

Party Guest (uncredited)

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James B. Leong

Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Reporter (uncredited)

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Lillian Lawrence

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Ann Kunde

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Margarete Matzenauer

Madame Pomponi (uncredited)

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Margaret McWade

Amy Faulkner (uncredited)

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Robert Milasch

Farmer (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Patricia Monroe

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

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Gene Morgan

Waiter (uncredited)

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Edwin Mordant

Board Member (uncredited)

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Jack Montgomery

Farmer (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

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John T. Murray

Writer (uncredited)

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Henry Norton

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Broderick O'Farrell

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Peggy Page

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

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Ethel Palmer

Governess (uncredited)

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George Pauncefort

Board Member (uncredited)

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Gertrude Pedlar

Party Guest (uncredited)

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John Picorri

Board Member (uncredited)

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Richard Powell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Arthur Rankin

Reporter (uncredited)

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Ky Robinson

Deputy (uncredited)

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Frederick Roland

Board Member (uncredited)

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Adrian Rosley

Italian Interpreter (uncredited)

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Lillian Ross

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

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Anne Schaefer

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Margaret Seddon

Jane Faulkner (uncredited)

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Harvey Shepherd

Interne (uncredited)

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Antrim Short

Reporter (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Bailiff (uncredited)

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S.S. Simon

Farmer (uncredited)

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Kay Smith

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Pat Somerset

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Harry Stafford

Board Member (uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Beatle Puss (uncredited)

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Peggy Terry

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Dale Van Sickel

Lawyer (uncredited)

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Ellinor Vanderveer

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bess Wade

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Pauline Wagner

Phone Operator (uncredited)

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Larry Wheat

Clerk (uncredited)

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Lee Willard

Businessman (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

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Vesey O'Davoren

Party Guest (uncredited)

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