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146:Production locations
72:Theme music composer
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621:. Writers included
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628:Sponsors included
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1243:978-1-4766-6707-2
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907:, starring
899:Don Durrant
897:, starring
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763:that fall.
705:5 (1960–61)
698:4 (1959–60)
688:3 (1958–59)
681:2 (1957–58)
671:1 (1956–57)
630:Johnson Wax
611:Felix Feist
587:Development
306:First aired
262:Dick Powell
118:of episodes
66:Dick Powell
1439:Categories
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933:The Indian
851:evaluated
770:Home media
582:Production
563:Tied with
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332:1956-10-05
309:Last aired
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216:1956-10-05
167:25 minutes
141:Hal Hudson
133:Production
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877:starring
873:Trackdown
865:Spin-offs
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