Benito Stefanelli
Also Known As: Ben Steffen
Biography: Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: September 02, 1928
Deathday: December 18, 1999
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Sheriff
Overview: A gang of outlaws terrorizes Rio Ciuccio. When they kill the sheriff his wife, an old neapolitan lady, takes his place.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-08-15
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Messalina
Overview: Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-03-12
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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Overview: Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-12-16
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Cobra Verde
Overview: A fearsome 19th century bandit, Cobra Verde cuts a swath through Brazil until he arrives at the sugar plantation of Don Octávio Countinho. Not knowing that his new guest is the notorious bandit and impressed by his ruthless ways, Don Octávio hires Cobra Verde to oversee his slaves. But when Cobra Verde impregnates Don Octávio’s three daughters, the incensed plantation owner exiles the outlaw to Africa where he is expected to reopen the slave trade. Following his trans-Atlantic journey, Cobra Verde exploits tribal conflicts to commandeer an abandoned fortress and whips an army of naked warriors into a frenzied bloodlust as he vies for survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-12-03
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Pumaman
Overview: Thousands of years ago, aliens visited Earth and fathered the Pumaman, a man-god with supernatural powers entrusted by a gold mask with the ability to control people's minds, which in present-day London, falls into the wrong hands.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-14
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My Name Is Nobody
Overview: Jack Beauregard, an ageing gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe. But a young gunfighter, known as "Nobody", who idolizes Beauregard, wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-13
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Ironmaster
Overview: A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers how to fashion weapons out of iron and use them for their own survival. However, the creation of iron also causes the tribe to battle for possession of the new weapons.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-03-10
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Transformations
Overview: Wolfgang is traveling in outer space when a monster, which he sees as a beautiful woman, appears in his spaceship and makes love with him. Then the ship is forced to land on a planet which is a penal colony. Here he meets Miranda who falls in love with him. A group of prisoners uses him and his spaceship to fly away from the planet. But the monster which is by now inside Wolfgang arouses and only Miranda's love can save him.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-02
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Hercules Against the Barbarians
Overview: The eternal Hercules in this film has gone way beyond his usual time and place in ancient Greece and is now helping Poland free itself of Mongol invaders in the 12th century. Mark Forest is the star of this peplum epic, Hercules Against The Barbarians.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-04-16
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Gentleman Killer
Overview: In a disputed border town, the US Army waits for word from Washington as to the rightful country it belongs, while dealing with a rowdy pack of Mexican soldier/bandits. Into the mix rides seemingly mysterious stranger Anthony Steffan, who looks like a dandy but has a few deadly tricks up his sleeve.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-14
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A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Overview: A dishonored Union Army officer leads a group of convicts to retake Fort Holman from the Confederate Army.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-12-27
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The Big Gundown
Overview: Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-03-03
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Overview: Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-27
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Day of Anger
Overview: A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-19
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Battle of the Amazons
Overview: A tribe of vicious female warriors terrorizes the countryside, and especially the males, until one day the men and some local villagers decide to fight back.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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Massacre At Grand Canyon
Overview: After a search for his father's killers, Wes Evans returns home only to find himself involved in a bloody land dispute.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-05-25
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Wanted
Overview: A local sheriff is unjustly accused of murder in a small town and forced to flee. He gets rid of his enemies one by one and tries to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama Western Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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The Cop in Blue Jeans
Overview: A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-03-11
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Revenge of The Gladiators
Overview: The mighty Gladiator is captured after freeing the misguided emperor's daughter. The girl surrenders herself for his freedom but is again freed by the Gladiator.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Dollars for a Fast Gun
Overview: In a desert region, Martin, bound to a wheelchair, is served by a gang of desperados to collect rents and kill anybody who resists. Then Lassiter arrives, telling Martin that he knows where Frank is, the man who made him a cripple. A reward is promised for his head. Then Frank smells danger... Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-03-10
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Night of the Serpent
Overview: Hernandez, the sheriff of a small Mexican village, joins a group of townsmen with the intention of killing young orphan Manuel and robbing him of his inheritance. Killer Luke, now an alcoholic for having murdered his own son by mistake, who is chosen for the task, instead decides to take the defence of the poor child.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Warbus
Overview: The plot concerns a small group of people who are forced to flee from their base (which happens to be a Mission) in an old school bus when the VC launch a vicious assault upon it. Along the way they are joined by a group of three battle hardened American Special Forces soldiers and together they desperately fight to make it to safety.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Trinity Is Still My Name
Overview: The two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-21
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White Fang to the Rescue
Overview: Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
Genres: Western Family Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-02-09
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The Avenger
Overview: Aeneas leads escapees from the Trojan war to new land in Italy, and must deal with new threats to his people.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-28
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Fort Yuma Gold
Overview: Near the end of the Civil War, an imprisoned Confederate raider is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to take the fort's gold for themselves during the chaos. Soon he slips his treacherous escort and attempts to complete the mission himself.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-10-07
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Overview: While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-12-22
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Gunman Sent by God
Overview: Anthony Steffen, as a young gunman who works as a circus performer, witnesses the killing of some outlaws, carried out by their leader and is credited with the deed. Steffen suffers from a complex which blocks him in front of any violence and makes him appear cowardly, so when a young boy is kidnapped he must find a way to regain his composure.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-02-29
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Macho Killers
Overview: El Macho is forced to impersonate a dead outlaw killed while stealing a gold shipment. With the help of Kelly he’s able to locate Hidalgo and his outlaw gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-05-12
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Rocambole
Overview: In London in 1903, during a reception at the German embassy, the legendary swindler Rocambole, thought to have died in the penal colony, helps the British secret service compromise a Prussian diplomat. His mission completed, Rocambole, under the identity of the Comte de Chamery, returns to Paris, where Baron Keller, an arms manufacturer in the service of the Kaiser, entertains the famous prima ballerina Cléo Santelli at Maxim's every evening, with whom he is madly in love. Despite her attentions, the young dancer falls in love with the false Chamery, who seems to have sworn the Baron's doom and ridicules him in the salons.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-05-03
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Terror of the Red Mask
Overview: In 16th century Italy, mercenary Marco is hired by cruel duke Astolfo whose unjust reign is threatened by the notorious outlaw the Red Mask.
Genres: Romance Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-23
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The Slave
Overview: The decurion Randus holds himself so well in the command of his troops, that Caesar promotes him to centurion. He is subsequently sent to Egypt, to keep Cesar informed on the actions and intentions of co-triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus - a man too rich, and ambitious, for Caesar's comfort. A fateful sea trip from Egypt to Rome forces Randus in captivity by mercenary troops, and leads a revolt by which he gets freedom for himself, and all the other slaves. Through an amulet he received from his late mother, a man who had fought by Spartacus' side, identifies the young man as Spartacus' and Varinia's son. At first reluctant to accept this story about his origins, Randus will be forced by the circumstances to repeat the feat of his father, twenty years later.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-24
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Castle of Blood
Overview: When a cynical journalist accepts a wager that he won't survive the night in a haunted castle, it unlocks an odyssey of sexual torment, undead vengeance, and a dark seductress who surrenders the gravest of pleasures.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-02-27
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A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die
Overview: A famous gunman decides to change his life around and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory, but a vindictive sheriff sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory.
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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Violent Rome
Overview: A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-08-13
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Blood for a Silver Dollar
Overview: Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.
Genres: Western Action Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-08-08
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The Story of Romance and Knife
Overview: The story of fish-monger Nino of Rione Borgo. Nino is in love with Rosa but he always manages to postpone their wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-18
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Die for a Dollar in Tucson
Overview: A gang of bandits takes control of Tucson in preparation for the arrival of a consignment of gold, with only a band of voluntary soldiers trying to outwit them and save the town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-07-09
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The Hellbenders
Overview: A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-02-02
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The Barbarians
Overview: Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Ladyhawke
Overview: Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-27
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Secret Agent Super Dragon
Overview: A series of murders in Michigan lead an American secret agent to Amsterdam, where he uncovers a plot to imperil the world with a potent new drug.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-02-17
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So Sweet, So Dead
Overview: A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-07-18
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Phantom of Death
Overview: Police Comissioner Datti is investigating the murder of a female doctor whose murderer seems to be a thirty-fivish year old man. Soon another murder follows: Pianist Robert Dominici's girlfriend is found killed. The killer also challenges Datti on the phone and says he can't be caught since he has a secret which makes him invulnerable. In the meantime the clues seems to point in strange directions...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-03-11
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The Upper Hand
Overview: In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-02
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Cemetery Without Crosses
Overview: Ruthlessly pursued by the Rogers family following a dispute over cattle, Ben Caine (Benito Stefanelli) is chased back to the Caine Ranch. Despite his wife Maria's (Michèle Mercier) desperate pleading, the Rogers family hangs Ben Caine, forcing Maria to watch. Consumed with revenge but finding her two brothers-in-law reluctant to assist, Maria enlists the help of Manuel (Robert Hossein). Manual, presumably preoccupied with the past, wears a single black glove and lives alone in a ghost town. Manuel agrees to Maria's plan with reluctance, in part because of his deep feelings/attraction to her. Manuel finds employment as foreman at the Rogers' ranch and surreptitiously kidnaps Pa Rogers' (Daniele Vargas) only daughter Johanna (Anne-Marie Balin). With Johanna as the bait, Maria will be in the perfect position to exact her revenge on the Rogers but things don't turn out quite as planned.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-25
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A Fistful of Dollars
Overview: The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-12
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For a Few Dollars More
Overview: Two bounty hunters both pursue a brutal and sadistic bandit El Indio who has a massive bounty on his head.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-18
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Hit Squad
Overview: A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-29
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Duck, You Sucker
Overview: At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-29
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Crimebusters
Overview: Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof
Overview: The bandit Pratt, looking for Tim, who is responsible for the death of his two sons, attacks a caravan killing all the passengers. Harry, the vagabond, after having robbed the dead, casually meets Tim and they become friends. Running away together from Pratt, they reach Harry's farm, but their hiding place is soon discovered.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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Kill the Wicked!
Overview: A robber decides to hide his loot in a ghost town, helped by his girlfriend and his one remaining man. Keeping it though may be a problem, with the lone inhabitant, an old lady, a mysterious stranger, a recent widow and a former gang member all more or less plotting against the bandits.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-15
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Ypotron: Final Countdown
Overview: Agent Lemmy Logan is investigating the case of a missing NASA scientist and discovers that an ex nazi is developing a new super weapon.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-08-28
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A Queen for Caesar
Overview: Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-22
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The Price of Power
Overview: In 1881 Dallas, an ex-Union soldier attempts to expose a conspiracy of Southerners that killed his father, his friend and President James A. Garfield.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-18
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