Sherlock Holmes: Secret Weapon & Terror By Night

Sherlock Holmes: Secret Weapon & Terror By Night


Starring:Sherlock Holmes
Studio: Marengo Films
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Karen Verne. England is at war with Germany. Holmes and Watson soon find themselves in the thick of a German plot to steal a weapon delivered to the British by its inventor. Holmes once again battles his nemesis Moriarty.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Starring: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Lionel Atwill , Kaaren Verne , and William Post Jr.
Director: Roy William Neill
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ASIN: B0000APVBO
Release Date: 2003-10-28

Description

BASIL RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE
In SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON
Digitally Restored in 35mm
The master detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This newly restored version of the classic film includes the period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" inspired THE SECRET WEAPON. The wartime plot pits Sherlock Holmes once more against his nemesis, the villainously brilliant Professor Moriarty, who was believed dead but is now working for the Nazis. The Nazis have assigned Moriarty to kidnap Dr. Franz Tobel, the inventor of a new super bombsight. Sherlock Holmes outwits the enemy agents and escapes with Tobel and his precious invention. But despite elaborate precautions, the inventor later disappears before the process of manufacturing the bombsight is perfected.

Holmes and Watson must stop the Nazis from getting their hands on the new bombsight, wrapped in a code of dancing men. Using a variety of disguises - a Swiss inventor, the Lascar sailor Ram Singh, and an old German bookseller, Holmes puts his own life on the line in a race against the clock to prevent Moriarty from carrying out his evil plans. THE SECRET WEAPON is also the first of the films to introduce Dennis Hoey as Scotland Yard detective Inspector Lestrade. Preserved and restored in 35mm by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Secret is Stunning!.......2007-02-11

I've always been leery of "colorized" BW films. Seems the color is typically "splotchy," with an unreal quality, but I found this colorized version of The Secret Weapon quite remarkable. As with The Woman in Green, also available, if I hadn't already been aware the movie was originally black and white, I would think it had been filmed initially in color! I found it that good. I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters and story more readily immediate rather than more like a story from long ago. Print is crisp, clean. Though I consider myself a Holmes purist/Basil Rathbone enthusiast, I highly recommend this colorized version!

5 out of 5 stars SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon.......2006-11-04

Being a Sherlock Holmes fan the Colourized version was very good

4 out of 5 stars Colorized Holmes.......2006-03-24

I ordered this version out of curiosity. When Ted Turner began colorizing films in the 80's, I was generally opposed to the idea. The few films I saw with this technique applied did not look very good (artificial-looking) and the artistry of the black and white photography seemed to be lost. When I came across these recent releases of the Rathbone Holmes films I decided to try one; they were the public domain films which had been released for years in poor VHS and DVD versions and to be honest, were some of the weaker films in the series. Also, if I didn't like the colorization there was also the black and white version on the disk. Shocker: I was delighted with the colorization! The technique was applied much better than in the past and it breathed new life into the film (which was needed; I always felt this film to be sloppy propaganda). While I don't think "Citizen Kane" or "Psycho" should be colorized, I think it makes an interesting experiment for some of the forgotten B films of the past. I think it would be neat to see the "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials colorized by these technicians.

5 out of 5 stars Crisp, brilliant visuals.......2006-03-11

Don't be swayed by other reviewers here. This colourised edition is excellent-as is the original black and white edition on the same disc.
These dvds are a must have-prepare to be amazed at what a good, sensitive job has been done in restoration and colourising.

Buy them!

5 out of 5 stars FUN!.......2005-05-09

The Secret Weapon is one my all time favorite Rathbone and Bruce films. It's wonderful to have it on DVD! The Universal Holmes series continues to be a great source of fun and I've always enjoyed seeing Holmes and Watson transplanted into the 1940's and dealing with W.W.II intrigue and Nazi spies. The Secret Weapon adds the nefarious Moriarty to the mix! I won't argue that the Universal Holmes movies had the most logical elements, but they always highly entertained me. The Secret Weapon is no exception. I found this one to be a blast. Great stuff!
The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 1 (Voice of Terror / Secret Weapon / In Washington / Faces Death)
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  • 5 stars for content BUT...
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 The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 1 (Voice of Terror / Secret Weapon / In Washington / Faces Death)
Starring: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Evelyn Ankers , Henry Daniell , and Thomas Gomez
Director: John Rawlins , and Roy William Neill
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ASIN: B0000AOV8O
Release Date: 2003-10-28

Description

Contains four classic feature films:
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (1942) - When taunting saboteurs warn of a Nazi invasion of the British Isles through a horrific radio menace, the British Intelligence's Inner Council calls in Sherlock Holmes to help in the crisis.

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1942) - The great detective must stop the Nazis from getting their hands on a new bombsight, wrapped in a code of dancing men.

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON (1943) - Top-secret documents are missing and a British secret service agent is dead. Holmes and Watson go to Washington to recover the documents before they fall into the wrong hands.

SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943) - Holmes and Watson are summoned to Musgrave Manor to investigate a murder. Holmes solves a complicated puzzle of an ancient family ritual to expose the murderer.

BONUS MATERIAL
Commentary from renowned British author David Stuart Davies
Photo Gallery
Original Movie Posters

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 5 stars for content BUT..........2007-03-14

$62.99?!?!?!

I got Dressed To Kill, Terror By Night, The Secret Weapon and The Woman In Green in a two-DVD box set at Ross (of all places!) for under $10.00! And (naturally) no shipping!

5 out of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes Collection Vol. 1.......2006-03-15

Exactly what I was hoping for in old movie DVD's. Perfectly restored and just what I was looking for in movies to watch. This is a perfect mix of Holmes.

5 out of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes Collection Vol. 1.......2006-03-04

This is a wonderful collection of the best of the Sherlock Holmes movies, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. There have been many actors cast in the roles of Homes and Watson, but Rathbone and Bruce are by far the best. These films are all updated to the 40's, when Britain was at war with Hitler, but they still are very intertaining. "The Voice of Terror," "The Secret Weapon," and "Holmes in Washington" all are concerned with Nazi spies and the war, and were obviously made as a moral booster for the wartime audiences. They are excellent examples of how to make movies that will entertain for many, many years and not just for the weekend boxoffice grab, the way most films are done today.

5 out of 5 stars Classic.......2006-02-25

If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan than this set is for you. I'm going to buy all of the sets.

5 out of 5 stars excellent, but a rip off.......2006-02-06

excellent dvd's, marvellous restauration, but you americans are getting ripped off like crazy here: this complete collection of 16 restaured films cost more than 200 dollars in the USA while the SAME collection with exactly the same extra's and the same restauration from the same company can be purchased, with a rather more appealing slip cover I'd say, in the UK for as little as 25 pounds(about 37 dollars) or at amazon uk for 34 pounds(about 51 dollars)... if that isn't a reason to buy a regionfree dvd player I don't know what is....don't let those money hungry purveyors of the seperate dvd regions get their way!!!
Sherlock Holmes & Secret Weapon (B&W)
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Starring: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Lionel Atwill , Kaaren Verne , and William Post Jr.
Director: Roy William Neill
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ASIN: B00006II5G
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Secret is Stunning!.......2007-02-11

I've always been leery of "colorized" BW films. Seems the color is typically "splotchy," with an unreal quality, but I found this colorized version of The Secret Weapon quite remarkable. As with The Woman in Green, also available, if I hadn't already been aware the movie was originally black and white, I would think it had been filmed initially in color! I found it that good. I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters and story more readily immediate rather than more like a story from long ago. Print is crisp, clean. Though I consider myself a Holmes purist/Basil Rathbone enthusiast, I highly recommend this colorized version!

5 out of 5 stars SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon.......2006-11-04

Being a Sherlock Holmes fan the Colourized version was very good

4 out of 5 stars Colorized Holmes.......2006-03-24

I ordered this version out of curiosity. When Ted Turner began colorizing films in the 80's, I was generally opposed to the idea. The few films I saw with this technique applied did not look very good (artificial-looking) and the artistry of the black and white photography seemed to be lost. When I came across these recent releases of the Rathbone Holmes films I decided to try one; they were the public domain films which had been released for years in poor VHS and DVD versions and to be honest, were some of the weaker films in the series. Also, if I didn't like the colorization there was also the black and white version on the disk. Shocker: I was delighted with the colorization! The technique was applied much better than in the past and it breathed new life into the film (which was needed; I always felt this film to be sloppy propaganda). While I don't think "Citizen Kane" or "Psycho" should be colorized, I think it makes an interesting experiment for some of the forgotten B films of the past. I think it would be neat to see the "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials colorized by these technicians.

5 out of 5 stars Crisp, brilliant visuals.......2006-03-11

Don't be swayed by other reviewers here. This colourised edition is excellent-as is the original black and white edition on the same disc.
These dvds are a must have-prepare to be amazed at what a good, sensitive job has been done in restoration and colourising.

Buy them!

5 out of 5 stars FUN!.......2005-05-09

The Secret Weapon is one my all time favorite Rathbone and Bruce films. It's wonderful to have it on DVD! The Universal Holmes series continues to be a great source of fun and I've always enjoyed seeing Holmes and Watson transplanted into the 1940's and dealing with W.W.II intrigue and Nazi spies. The Secret Weapon adds the nefarious Moriarty to the mix! I won't argue that the Universal Holmes movies had the most logical elements, but they always highly entertained me. The Secret Weapon is no exception. I found this one to be a blast. Great stuff!
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (Colorized / Black and White)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Secret is Stunning!
  • SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon
  • Colorized Holmes
  • Crisp, brilliant visuals
  • FUN!
 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (Colorized / Black and White)
Starring: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Lionel Atwill , Kaaren Verne , and William Post Jr.
Director: Roy William Neill
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ASIN: B0007IO74A
Release Date: 2005-04-19

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Secret is Stunning!.......2007-02-11

I've always been leery of "colorized" BW films. Seems the color is typically "splotchy," with an unreal quality, but I found this colorized version of The Secret Weapon quite remarkable. As with The Woman in Green, also available, if I hadn't already been aware the movie was originally black and white, I would think it had been filmed initially in color! I found it that good. I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters and story more readily immediate rather than more like a story from long ago. Print is crisp, clean. Though I consider myself a Holmes purist/Basil Rathbone enthusiast, I highly recommend this colorized version!

5 out of 5 stars SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon.......2006-11-04

Being a Sherlock Holmes fan the Colourized version was very good

4 out of 5 stars Colorized Holmes.......2006-03-24

I ordered this version out of curiosity. When Ted Turner began colorizing films in the 80's, I was generally opposed to the idea. The few films I saw with this technique applied did not look very good (artificial-looking) and the artistry of the black and white photography seemed to be lost. When I came across these recent releases of the Rathbone Holmes films I decided to try one; they were the public domain films which had been released for years in poor VHS and DVD versions and to be honest, were some of the weaker films in the series. Also, if I didn't like the colorization there was also the black and white version on the disk. Shocker: I was delighted with the colorization! The technique was applied much better than in the past and it breathed new life into the film (which was needed; I always felt this film to be sloppy propaganda). While I don't think "Citizen Kane" or "Psycho" should be colorized, I think it makes an interesting experiment for some of the forgotten B films of the past. I think it would be neat to see the "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials colorized by these technicians.

5 out of 5 stars Crisp, brilliant visuals.......2006-03-11

Don't be swayed by other reviewers here. This colourised edition is excellent-as is the original black and white edition on the same disc.
These dvds are a must have-prepare to be amazed at what a good, sensitive job has been done in restoration and colourising.

Buy them!

5 out of 5 stars FUN!.......2005-05-09

The Secret Weapon is one my all time favorite Rathbone and Bruce films. It's wonderful to have it on DVD! The Universal Holmes series continues to be a great source of fun and I've always enjoyed seeing Holmes and Watson transplanted into the 1940's and dealing with W.W.II intrigue and Nazi spies. The Secret Weapon adds the nefarious Moriarty to the mix! I won't argue that the Universal Holmes movies had the most logical elements, but they always highly entertained me. The Secret Weapon is no exception. I found this one to be a blast. Great stuff!
Sherlock Holmes: Secret Weapon & Terror By Night
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Two Great Movies - Equals a great DVD
 Sherlock Holmes: Secret Weapon & Terror By Night
Starring: Sherlock Holmes
Manufacturer: Marengo Films
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ASIN: B00006IUJN
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Description

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Karen Verne. England is at war with Germany. Holmes and Watson soon find themselves in the thick of a German plot to steal a weapon delivered to the British by its inventor. Holmes once again battles his nemesis Moriarty.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Two Great Movies - Equals a great DVD.......2005-05-19

Both prints on this DVD are of superb quality. In addition Marengo Films has put them through a complete sound design. This is one of the finest DVD's of these two films on the market today.
Sherlock Holmes: Woman in Green/The Secret Weapon/Dressed to Kill/Terror by Night
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    		Sherlock Holmes: Woman in Green/The Secret Weapon/Dressed to Kill/Terror by Night
    Starring: Collectors Classics: Sherlock Holmes
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    Release Date: 2006-08-15
    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • The Secret is Stunning!
    • SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon
    • Colorized Holmes
    • Crisp, brilliant visuals
    • FUN!
    		 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
    Starring: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Lionel Atwill , Kaaren Verne , and William Post Jr.
    Director: Roy William Neill
    Manufacturer: FOCUS FILMS
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    ASIN: B000056T5H
    Release Date: 2001-02-13

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars The Secret is Stunning!.......2007-02-11

    I've always been leery of "colorized" BW films. Seems the color is typically "splotchy," with an unreal quality, but I found this colorized version of The Secret Weapon quite remarkable. As with The Woman in Green, also available, if I hadn't already been aware the movie was originally black and white, I would think it had been filmed initially in color! I found it that good. I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters and story more readily immediate rather than more like a story from long ago. Print is crisp, clean. Though I consider myself a Holmes purist/Basil Rathbone enthusiast, I highly recommend this colorized version!

    5 out of 5 stars SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon.......2006-11-04

    Being a Sherlock Holmes fan the Colourized version was very good

    4 out of 5 stars Colorized Holmes.......2006-03-24

    I ordered this version out of curiosity. When Ted Turner began colorizing films in the 80's, I was generally opposed to the idea. The few films I saw with this technique applied did not look very good (artificial-looking) and the artistry of the black and white photography seemed to be lost. When I came across these recent releases of the Rathbone Holmes films I decided to try one; they were the public domain films which had been released for years in poor VHS and DVD versions and to be honest, were some of the weaker films in the series. Also, if I didn't like the colorization there was also the black and white version on the disk. Shocker: I was delighted with the colorization! The technique was applied much better than in the past and it breathed new life into the film (which was needed; I always felt this film to be sloppy propaganda). While I don't think "Citizen Kane" or "Psycho" should be colorized, I think it makes an interesting experiment for some of the forgotten B films of the past. I think it would be neat to see the "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" serials colorized by these technicians.

    5 out of 5 stars Crisp, brilliant visuals.......2006-03-11

    Don't be swayed by other reviewers here. This colourised edition is excellent-as is the original black and white edition on the same disc.
    These dvds are a must have-prepare to be amazed at what a good, sensitive job has been done in restoration and colourising.

    Buy them!

    5 out of 5 stars FUN!.......2005-05-09

    The Secret Weapon is one my all time favorite Rathbone and Bruce films. It's wonderful to have it on DVD! The Universal Holmes series continues to be a great source of fun and I've always enjoyed seeing Holmes and Watson transplanted into the 1940's and dealing with W.W.II intrigue and Nazi spies. The Secret Weapon adds the nefarious Moriarty to the mix! I won't argue that the Universal Holmes movies had the most logical elements, but they always highly entertained me. The Secret Weapon is no exception. I found this one to be a blast. Great stuff!
    The Klansman & Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon-2 DVDs in Set
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      • The Klansman & Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon-2 DVDs in Set
      • The Klansman - Action & Adventure DVD
      • Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, O.J. Simpson, Linda Evans, Lola Falana
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      • Basil Rathbone

      ASIN: B000S0FEK8

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      The Klansman & Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon-2 DVDs in Set DVD 1. The Klansman: UNDERCOVER FBI ACTION & ADVENTURE-REGION FREE-An FBI Agent goes undercover in the Ku Klux Klan in a small southern U.S. town that has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down! STARS: Lee Marvin, Richard Burton, Cameron Mitchell, O.J. Simpson, Lola Falana, Linda Evans, David Huddleston, Director: Terence Young, Rated R, 112 minutes, Color, Audio: English Dolby Digital DVD 2. Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon: Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective (Basil Rathbone) against that "Napoleon of Crime," Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill). Surpassing his previous evil deeds, Moriarty has now aligned himself with the Nazis & has dedicated himself to stealing a top-secret bomb sight developed by expatriate European scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.).Will Sherlock save the secret weapon?
      Horror Classics Triple Feature, Vol. 4 (Indestructible Man / Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon / Dead Men Walk)
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Horror? Not really. Classics? Perhaps. Worth it? Probably.
      		 Horror Classics Triple Feature, Vol. 4 (Indestructible Man / Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon / Dead Men Walk)
      Starring: Lon Chaney Jr. , Max Showalter , Marian Carr , Ross Elliott , and Stuart Randall
      Director: Jack Pollexfen , Sam Newfield , and Roy William Neill
      Manufacturer: Rph Productions
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      ASIN: B000065Q9Q
      Release Date: 2002-05-07

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars Horror? Not really. Classics? Perhaps. Worth it? Probably........2002-08-15

      SH & the SW- Rathbone and Bruce are THE Holmes/Watson pair, and this is among the top 5 Sherlockian outings, although it is a risible addition to a `horror classics' disc.
      In this fast-paced, well-assembled programmer, now set in WWII England rather than in Victorian England, our heroes have to contend not only with Moriarty as portrayed by villainous Universal fave Lionel Atwill, and his minions, but also Nazi agents seeking an experimental bombsight which could turn the tide of the war.
      The mystery involves a complex code, plenty of captures and escapes, disguises, deduction, and welcome humor without cheapening any of the characters.
      Purists may rightly complain that the ending has more in common with serials than with the writings of Doyle, but, hey, it's fun.

      IM- This supremely inexpensive attempt to cross Dragnet with Lon Chaney's persona doesn't quite come off. It's more police procedural than horror; Chaney's back-from-the-dead Butcher character could just as easily have been written to be a normal vengeance-seeking ex-con. At any rate, the basic story idea has been around at least since Karloff's 1936 film, The Walking Dead.
      IM is fairly routine and plodding (both as `noir' and as `horror'), although there is amusement to be had from the narration, from Chaney, who looks convincingly psychotic and was probably sauced to the gills, and from all the usual things that make these kind of B-movies fun.
      Flip a coin as to whether you think the means of Lon's ultimate destruction is fitting or nonsensical.

      DMW- Another PRC snoozer, DMW begins with George Zucco having killed his twin brother because he was practicing the black arts. However, the brother returns as a vampire and sets about destroying all that his good twin holds dear. Of course good wins the day, but not without some tragedy. This film was not badly conceived, and Zucco is a likeable pro, but it was badly executed. While not as glacially-slow as some of its other fare, PRC's stubborn unwillingness to spend any cash, or to show the audience anything they hadn't seen a dozen times before, stakes this one right through its mediocre heart.
      Pretty Rotten Crap, as the studio's output was known in Hollywood circles of the time, was hurt by always having monsters that just look like people, yet claiming that they were monsters: a slightly hairier Glenn Strange, a kind of pasty Charles Middleton, or in this case, George Zucco dressed in black. Whooo, spoooky! They couldn't even spring for a set of dime store fangs to make him look the part of a bloodsucker. He is one because the script says he is, and because he sometimes fades from view.
      Plus, DMW wastes quite a bit of time assuming no one seeing the movie will have ever heard about vampires before, and picks and chooses which rules it will follow.

      All told, while I am not a zealous fan of any one of the movies on this disc, they are passable genre fare and the disc is of decent quality considering the low price. Fans of the casts and completists should have no qualms purchasing it.
      Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon/Alfred Hitchcock the man who knew too much
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        ASIN: B000HHYNB8

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