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365:Randy Quaid
271:John McLiam
259:Randy Quaid
255:Arthur Penn
198:126 minutes
100:Randy Quaid
71:Produced by
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51:Directed by
1354:1976 films
1348:Categories
1251:Television
1152:Mickey One
992:Retrieved
984:Metacritic
640:Janos, Leo
568:References
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466:Reception
389:John Ryan
379:as Calvin
324:regulator
132:Edited by
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