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form y separately published work icon Sons of Matthew single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: The Rugged O'Riordans (US and UK title)
Issue Details: First known date: 1949... 1949 Sons of Matthew
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Universal Pictures ,       1950 .
      Alternative title: The Rugged O'Riordons
      Extent: c.77min.p.
      Note/s:

      • According to Screen Australia, Universal Pictures removed roughly thirty minutes of footage for the American and British release of the film, as well as adding American narration and re-naming the film The Rugged O'Riordans.

        Information on which material was removed is scanty, but Australian newspapers report that, for example, American censors insisted on the removal of a nude scene roughly 150 feet in length (out of the film's total length of 9450 feet): see 'Film Nudes: Australian Film Censored', Kalgoorlie Miner, 25 January 1950, p.2.

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