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514:Lance Kinsey
484:Colleen Camp
465:Bruce Mahler
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357:Eric Lassard
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218:Release date
211:Warner Bros.
134:Colleen Camp
129:Bruce Mahler
35:Drew Struzan
1258:(1970) (TV)
1203:Jerry Paris
729:27 February
548:Julie Brown
544:as Sistrunk
490:Art Metrano
447:Bubba Smith
410:The Archies
365:Art Metrano
322:Bubba Smith
294:Jerry Paris
290:comedy film
185:Robert Folk
167:James Crabe
139:Art Metrano
114:Bubba Smith
92:Produced by
77:Neal Israel
46:Jerry Paris
42:Directed by
1334:1985 films
1328:Categories
1115:Characters
1082:Television
903:2020-05-04
897:Metacritic
877:2023-11-25
851:2010-11-11
779:. p.
706:References
676:Metacritic
651:Box office
634:Production
542:Sandy Ward
508:Ed Herlihy
453:David Graf
369:police dog
330:David Graf
274:Box office
245:87 minutes
229:1985-03-29
192:Production
119:David Graf
70:Characters
52:Written by
1239:Viva Max!
646:Reception
599:Rich Hall
301:franchise
176:Bob Wyman
173:Edited by
82:Pat Proft
1161:Category
1096:episodes
977:AllMovie
595:as Nurse
589:as Brian
550:as Chloe
351:include
258:Language
181:Music by
102:Starring
66:Based on
964:at the
923:Variety
698:Dragnet
689:Variety
683:Variety
406:Jughead
320:player
261:English
250:Country
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1290:(1974)
1282:(1972)
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266:Budget
1022:Films
521:Other
1139:Cast
955:IMDb
785:ISBN
731:2017
424:Cast
383:Plot
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359:);
72:by
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