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I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
Actor
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Film Director
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Elias Kazantzoglou
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