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1530:Living Doll
1098:The Shelter
1091:The Arrival
1043:Shadow Play
1036:The Silence
432:Louie Elias
369:Mike Kellin
256:Guadalcanal
126:Mike Kellin
79:Rod Serling
65:Directed by
1756:Categories
1621:Night Call
1398:Jess-Belle
1391:Death Ship
1377:He's Alive
1161:The Jungle
1119:The Mirror
980:Twenty Two
952:Back There
810:The Chaser
642:The Lonely
496:References
434:as Crewman
428:as Crewman
393:Bill Bixby
389:as McClure
233:. In this
146:Bill Bixby
108:1963-01-10
75:Written by
1663:The Masks
1586:You Drive
1405:Miniature
1308:The Dummy
1126:The Grave
866:King Nine
824:Mr. Bevis
775:Execution
712:The Fever
466:USS
461:Mullinnix
459:USS
450:Mullinnix
448:USS
401:as Ensign
318:signalman
278:U.S. Navy
243:submarine
239:destroyer
60:Episode 2
1733:The Fear
1486:Season 5
1475:The Bard
1347:Season 4
1301:The Gift
1210:The Hunt
1075:Season 3
856:Season 2
591:Season 1
583:episodes
326:Japanese
322:infrared
170:Previous
52:Episode
453:in 1970
311:dog tag
299:seaweed
264:fathoms
183: â
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1001:Static
580:(1959)
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343:muster
332:, but
1502:Steel
733:Elegy
475:Notes
468:Edson
282:sonar
267:Zone.
235:naval
1384:Mute
945:Dust
541:IMDb
521:ISBN
507:ISBN
363:Cast
330:dive
272:Plot
181:Next
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539:at
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