Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 1907–14 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre opened in the City of London since the 17th century. Miles was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex and attended Bishopshalt School in Hillingdon. While his parents were respectively a farm labourer and a cook, he was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He entered the theatre in the 1930s, soon appearing in films. Like many actors, he featured prominently in the patriotic cinema during the Second World War, including classics of the genre such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. He also had an uncredited role in the WWII classic The First of the Few, released in the US as Spitfire. His typical persona as an actor was as a countryman, with a strong accent typical of the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire counties. He was also, after Robert Newton, the actor most associated with the part of Long John Silver, which he played in a British TV version of Treasure Island, and in an annual performance at the Mermaid commencing in the winter of 1961-62. Actors in the annual theatrical productions included Spike Milligan as Ben Gunn, and, in the 1968 production, Barry Humphries as Long John Silver. It was Miles who, impressed by the talent of John Antrobus originally commissioned him to write a play of some sort. This led to Antrobus collaborating with Milligan to produce a one-act play called The Bed Sitting Room, which was later adapted to a longer play, and staged by Miles at The Mermaid on 31 January 1963, with both critical and commercial success. He had a pleasant rolling bass-baritone voice that worked well in theatre and film, as well as being much in demand for voice-overs. As a performer, he was most well known for a series of comic monologues, often given in a rural dialect. These were recorded and sold as record albums, which were quite popular. Some of his comic monologues are currently available on youtube.com. Miles was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953, was knighted in 1969, and was granted a life peerage as Baron Miles, of Blackfriars in the City of London in 1979. He was only the second British actor ever to be given a peerage (the first was Laurence Olivier). Miles's written works include "The British Theatre" (1947), "God's Brainwave" (1972), and "Favorite Tales from Shakespeare" (1972). In 1981, he co-authored the book Curtain Calls with J.C. Trewin. He died in Yorkshire. His daughters are the actress Sally Miles and the artist Bridget Miles. His son John Miles was a Grand Prix Driver in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the Lotus team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Titre: Bernard Miles
  • Popularité: 1.548
  • Connu pour: Acting
  • Anniversaire: 1907-09-27
  • Lieu de naissance: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
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Bernard Miles Films

  • 1956
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    L'homme qui en savait trop

    L'homme qui en savait trop

    7.457 1956 HD

    Ben et Jo McKenna, un couple de touristes américains, sillonnent le Maroc avec leur petit garçon, Hank. Dans un autocar, ils font la...

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  • 1956
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    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7 1956 HD

    Achab, capitaine d'un baleinier, n'a pas oublié sa première rencontre avec Moby Dick. Son corps en porte les traces, son esprit aussi...

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  • 1957
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    Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde

    Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde

    6.6 1957 HD

    Matt Spenser, un écrivain désargenté, pense avoir décroché le gros lot quand il apprend, qu’un grand-oncle...

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  • 1946
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    Les Grandes Espérances

    Les Grandes Espérances

    7.28 1946 HD

    Un jour qu’il se rend sur la tombe de ses parents, Pip vient en aide à un évadé en volant de la nourriture chez ses...

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  • 1942
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    Un de nos avions n'est pas rentré

    Un de nos avions n'est pas rentré

    6.4 1942 HD

    Après que leur bombardier B for Bertie a été touché au-dessus des Pays-Bas, l'équipage saute en parachute. Des...

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  • 1959
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    Opération Scotland Yard

    Opération Scotland Yard

    7 1959 HD

    Deux policiers de Scotland Yard enquêtent sur le meurtre d'une jeune femme, sur fond de préjugés raciaux.

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  • 1953
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    Ne me Quitte Jamais

    Ne me Quitte Jamais

    5.6 1953 HD

    Alors qu'il mène une vie comblée en URSS, Philip Sutherland, un journaliste américain, est contraint de quitter le pays... Seul...

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  • 1956
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    Tiger in the Smoke

    Tiger in the Smoke

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    6.4 1947 HD

    L'Angleterre du XIXe siècle. Après le décès de son père, le jeune Nicholas Nickleby doit subvenir aux besoins de...

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  • 1958
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    Les Aventures de Tom Pouce

    Les Aventures de Tom Pouce

    6.2 1958 HD

    Il était une fois et autrefois, un bûcheron surnommé « l’intègre » qui donnait les premiers coups de...

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  • 1969
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    Run Wild, Run Free

    Run Wild, Run Free

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1980
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    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1957
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    Fortune Is a Woman

    Fortune Is a Woman

    6.7 1957 HD

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  • 1982
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Common Touch

    The Common Touch

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Quiet Wedding

    Quiet Wedding

    4.2 1941 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Rebel Son

    The Rebel Son

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    6.9 1948 HD

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  • 1938
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    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

    5.8 1938 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tunisian Victory

    Tunisian Victory

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1940
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    Salle pasteur

    Salle pasteur

    7.6 1940 HD

    Ce film est basé sur l'histoire vraie du pasteur Martin Neimuller, qui a été envoyé au camp de concentration de Dachau...

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  • 1946
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    7.6 1946 HD

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  • 1963
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    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

    6.2 1963 HD

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  • 1942
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    Ceux qui servent en mer

    Ceux qui servent en mer

    6.8 1942 HD

    C'est l'histoire d'un bâtiment de guerre, le destroyer britannique HMS Torrin, depuis sa mise en chantier avant la déclaration de guerre...

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  • 1950
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

    6.3 1950 HD

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

    7 1944 HD

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  • 1936
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    Twelve Good Men

    Twelve Good Men

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1947
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    Fame Is the Spur

    Fame Is the Spur

    6.5 1947 HD

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  • 1935
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    Late Extra

    Late Extra

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1941
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    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    6.3 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Dawn Guard

    The Dawn Guard

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    L'Espion noir

    L'Espion noir

    6.3 1939 HD

    Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, au large des côtés écossaises, un sous-marin allemand attend les instructions piour...

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  • 1938
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    Strange Boarders

    Strange Boarders

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Love Test

    The Love Test

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Crown v. Stevens

    Crown v. Stevens

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    La Citadelle

    La Citadelle

    6.296 1938 HD

    Fraîchement diplômé, le jeune docteur Manson arrive dans une petite ville minière du Pays de Galles, où il est...

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  • 1940
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    Espionne à bord

    Espionne à bord

    6.9 1940 HD

    Quand un navire marchand danois neutre est forcé de mettre en port après avoir essayé d'échapper au contrôle...

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  • 1940
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    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Vision of William Blake

    The Vision of William Blake

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1951
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    Henry Moore

    Henry Moore

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.5 1942 HD

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  • 1956
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    Zarak le valeureux

    Zarak le valeureux

    4.7 1956 HD

    En 1860, à la frontière entre l’Inde britannique et l'Afghanistan. Zarak Khan est surpris par son père alors qu’il...

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  • 1943
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    The New Lot

    The New Lot

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Guv'nor

    The Guv'nor

    7.3 1935 HD

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  • 1952
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    La Boîte magique

    La Boîte magique

    6.3 1952 HD

    La vie de l'un des pionniers du cinématographe en Grande-Bretagne, William Friese-Greene.

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  • 1942
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    The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

    5.6 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    Sainte Jeanne

    Sainte Jeanne

    6.5 1957 HD

    Il s'agit d'une adaptation de la pièce Sainte Jeanne de George Bernard Shaw, avec Jean Seberg dans le rôle de Jeanne d'Arc. Jeanne...

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  • 1966
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    The Specialist

    The Specialist

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1939
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    Le lion a des ailes

    Le lion a des ailes

    6.25 1939 HD

    Alors que l'Europe entière est angoissée, l'Angleterre, havre de paix et de prospérité, regarde avec inquiétude la...

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  • 1961
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    Barbara Hepworth

    Barbara Hepworth

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1988
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6 1988 HD

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  • 1958
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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Lady and the Highwayman

    The Lady and the Highwayman

    5.4 1990 HD

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  • 1942
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    Sabotage!

    Sabotage!

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1982
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1969
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    Lock Up Your Daughters

    Lock Up Your Daughters

    4.5 1969 HD

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  • 1950
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

    6.3 1950 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Thunder Rock

    Thunder Rock

    6.1 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Le Pas de l'oie

    Le Pas de l'oie

    6.4 1942 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    6.9 1948 HD

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  • 1956
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    Nathaniel Titlark

    Nathaniel Titlark

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1955
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1955 HD

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  • 1979
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    Bizarre, bizarre

    Bizarre, bizarre

    6.7 1979 HD

    Cette série est une anthologie d'histoires horrifiques et fantastiques inspirées de l'oeuvre de Roald Dahl.

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