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In July 1960 Rackin was appointed supervisory chief of production at
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Paramount in the next few years.) It was thought Rackin's appointment might herald a return to the time when Paramount had more control over its productions. "We will make pictures that entertain", he said in August that year.
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Rackin set up a production company with Berle Adams. He was in London to set up a film when he died of a heart attack while sleeping at his room at the
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