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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It's notable for being one of the last World War II movies (and the last John Wayne movie) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].

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A 1965 epic [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on on]] James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It's notable for being one of the last World War II movies (and the last John Wayne movie) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being one of the last World War II films (and the last John Wayne film) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].

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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is It's notable for being one of the last World War II films movies (and the last John Wayne film) movie) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].

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* DeathEqualsRedemption: After he [[MoralEventHorizon rapes Annalee]], [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]] goes on a OneWayTrip in a bomber to try and find the Japanese fleet, and is shot down and killed shortly after calling his sighting in.
** Averted however. Egan and others think his action is heroic and want him to be awarded a Medal of Honor, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Rockwell Torrie who knows fully well what Eddington did and why he did it]], says that Eddington was never into medals and refuses to give him a recommendation.

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* DeathEqualsRedemption: Averted with [[spoiler:Paul Eddington]]. After he [[MoralEventHorizon rapes Annalee]], Annalee]] and she [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]], [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]] goes on a OneWayTrip in a bomber to try and find the Japanese fleet, and is shot down and killed shortly after calling his sighting in.
** Averted however. Egan and others
in. Several of Torrey's staff (who don't know about the rape) think his action is heroic and want him to be awarded a Medal of Honor, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Rockwell Torrie who knows fully well Honor. But Torrey does know about the rape and understands why [[spoiler: Eddington]] did what Eddington did and why he did it]], did, says that Eddington [[spoiler: Eddington]] was never into medals and refuses to give recommend him a recommendation.for any award.



* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across. Justified by the orders he has received, and the certainty that the superiors who gave them are aware that Torrey's cruiser is very low on fuel, and that they will be drastically outgunned by a Japanese fleet large enough to launch the strike against Pearl Harbor, if they were to find them. As Torrey explains later, "Under the circumstances, I could only assume that my ship was considered expendable."



* OperationBlank: "Skyhook", a planned offensive to sieze the island of Levu-Vana to use as a base for American heavy bombers. Loosely based on "Operation Watchtower" to seize the Solomon Islands chain from the Japanese, which was known among the troops as "Operation Shoestring" because of the very small amount of resources available.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Eddington, after his wife's cheating ways, and her death during the Pearl Harbor raid (along with an extramarital lover of hers) drives him to drinking and [[BarBrawl brawling]]. He's reassigned as "officer in charge of piers and warehouses" on an obscure island.

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* OperationBlank: "Skyhook", a planned offensive to sieze seize the island of Levu-Vana to use as a base for American heavy bombers. Loosely based on "Operation Watchtower" to seize take the Solomon Islands chain from the Japanese, which was known among the troops as "Operation Shoestring" because of the very small amount of resources available.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: ReassignedToAntarctica:
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Eddington, after his wife's cheating ways, and her death during the Pearl Harbor raid (along with an extramarital lover of hers) drives him to drinking and [[BarBrawl brawling]]. He's reassigned as "officer in charge of piers and warehouses" on an obscure island.island.
** After Torrey's cruiser is torpedoed and nearly sunk by an enemy sub, Torrey is removed from command and sent to a desk job -- an important desk job, but still a desk job, which is clearly a demotion for a warship commander.
* TheScapegoat: Captain Rock Torrey is ordered to take a ragtag force of cruisers and destroyers and pursue the Japanese force that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, despite being undermanned and low on fuel. To save fuel he doesn't use zigzagging, an important defense against enemy submarines. The force is spotted and attacked by a Japanese submarine, resulting in heavy damage to Torrey's own ship. He is then relieved of command and [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to a desk job]]. It's clear that the decision is unjust; Torrey was following orders and as he says himself, "Under the circumstances, I could only assume that my ship was considered expendable."
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* OperationBlank: "Skyhook", a planned offensive to sieze the island of Levu-Vana to use as a base for American heavy bombers.

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* OperationBlank: "Skyhook", a planned offensive to sieze the island of Levu-Vana to use as a base for American heavy bombers. Loosely based on "Operation Watchtower" to seize the Solomon Islands chain from the Japanese, which was known among the troops as "Operation Shoestring" because of the very small amount of resources available.



* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: A highly-fictionalized account of the bloody Solomon Islands campaign and the even-bloodier sea battles that went with it. Levu-Vana and Gavubutu are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Guadalcanal and Rabaul.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: A highly-fictionalized account of the bloody Solomon Islands campaign and the even-bloodier sea battles that went with it. Levu-Vana and Gavubutu are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Guadalcanal and Rabaul. The big final fight is equally loosely based on the "Bloody Friday" brawl off Guadalcanal on November 12-13, 1942, in which an American cruiser-destroyer force fended off a Japanese force led by a pair of battleships.
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* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]]. Every character within two degrees of separation of him ([[DeathBySex via sexual relationships]]) dies before the credits roll.

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* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]]. Every character within two degrees of separation of him ([[DeathBySex ([[SexSignalsDeath via sexual relationships]]) dies before the credits roll.

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* DeathBySex: Seemingly the cause for DoomMagnet.


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* SexSignalsDeath: Seemingly the cause for DoomMagnet.
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* CreatorCameo: Music/JerryGoldsmith as the piano player.
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being one of the last World War II films (and the last John Wayne film) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].

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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/PatriciaNeal, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being one of the last World War II films (and the last John Wayne film) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white]].

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: A highly-fictionalized account of the bloody Solomon Islands campaign and the even-bloodier sea battles that went with it. Levu-Vana and Gavubutu are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Guadalcanal and Rabaul.
* YourCheatingHeart: Eddington's wife is having a one night stand with an Army aviator while he is out to sea when the film starts on December 6, 1941. The next morning, [[LaserGuidedKarma both of them are killed together during the Japanese air raid.]]

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: A highly-fictionalized account of the bloody Solomon Islands campaign and the even-bloodier sea battles that went with it. Levu-Vana and Gavubutu are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Guadalcanal and Rabaul. \n* YourCheatingHeart: Eddington's wife is having a one night stand with an Army aviator while he is out to sea when the film starts on December 6, 1941. The next morning, [[LaserGuidedKarma both of them are killed together during the Japanese air raid.]]
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being the last World War II film (and last John Wayne film) to be shot in black and white.

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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, Creator/DanaAndrews, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being one of the last World War II film films (and the last John Wayne film) to be [[DeliberatelyMonochrome shot in black and white.
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For the trope of the same name, go [[Main/InHarmsWay here]].

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* DavidVsGoliath: The film's climax, with Rock Torrey leading an outmatched force of cruisers, destroyers, and PT boats against a much larger Japanese force.

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* DavidVsGoliath: The film's climax, with Rock Torrey leading an outmatched force of cruisers, destroyers, and PT boats against a much larger Japanese force. Most vividly demonstrated in Jeremiah Torrey's PT boat raid on the Japanese fleet early in the battle.
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being both the last World War II film and last John Wayne film to be shot in black and white.

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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being both the last World War II film and (and last John Wayne film film) to be shot in black and white.
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being both the last World War II film and John Wayne film to be made in black and white.

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* BadassFamily: Rock and his son Jeremiah are both naval officers, and end up fighting in the same naval battle.

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* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across. Justified by the orders he has received, and the certainty that the superiors who gave them are aware that Torrey's cruiser is very low on fuel. As Torrey explains later, "Under the circumstances, I could only assume that my ship was considered expendable."

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* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across. Justified by the orders he has received, and the certainty that the superiors who gave them are aware that Torrey's cruiser is very low on fuel.fuel, and that they will be drastically outgunned by a Japanese fleet large enough to launch the strike against Pearl Harbor, if they were to find them. As Torrey explains later, "Under the circumstances, I could only assume that my ship was considered expendable."

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* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across.

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* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across. Justified by the orders he has received, and the certainty that the superiors who gave them are aware that Torrey's cruiser is very low on fuel. As Torrey explains later, "Under the circumstances, I could only assume that my ship was considered expendable."


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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: A highly-fictionalized account of the bloody Solomon Islands campaign and the even-bloodier sea battles that went with it. Levu-Vana and Gavubutu are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Guadalcanal and Rabaul.
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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger, starring Creator/JohnWayne and Creator/KirkDouglas, and both the last World War II film and John Wayne film to be made in black and white.

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A 1965 epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger, starring Creator/JohnWayne Creator/OttoPreminger and featuring an AllStarCast including Creator/JohnWayne, Creator/KirkDouglas, and Creator/HenryFonda. It is notable for being both the last World War II film and John Wayne film to be made in black and white.

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* DeathEqualsRedemption: After he [[MoralEventHorizon rapes Annalee]], [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]] goes on a OneWayTrip in a bomber to try and find the Japanese fleet, and is shot down and killed shortly after calling his sighting in.

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* DeathEqualsRedemption: After he [[MoralEventHorizon rapes Annalee]], [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]] goes on a OneWayTrip in a bomber to try and find the Japanese fleet, and is shot down and killed shortly after calling his sighting in.
** Averted however. Egan and others think his action is heroic and want him to be awarded a Medal of Honor, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark Rockwell Torrie who knows fully well what Eddington did and why he did it]], says that Eddington was never into medals and refuses to give him a recommendation.
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* AnachronismStew: The hairstyles and civilian dress in the movie were contemporary to the time it was made, rather than the time it takes place. Similarly, the plane features various smaller vehicles that were not in the US inventory at the time, including the HU-16 Albatross Flying Boat and the M151 [=MUTTs=] pretending to be WWII era jeeps.

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* AnachronismStew: The hairstyles and civilian dress in the movie were contemporary to the time it was made, rather than the time it takes place. Similarly, the plane movie features various smaller vehicles that were not in the US inventory at the time, including the HU-16 Albatross Flying Boat and the M151 [=MUTTs=] pretending to be WWII era jeeps.



* ReassignedToAntarctica: Eddington, after his wife's cheating ways, and her death during the Pearl Harbor raid (along with an extramarital lover of hers) drives him to drinking and [[BarBrawl brawling]]. He ends up as "officer in charge of piers and warehouses" on part of Honolulu.

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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Eddington, after his wife's cheating ways, and her death during the Pearl Harbor raid (along with an extramarital lover of hers) drives him to drinking and [[BarBrawl brawling]]. He ends up He's reassigned as "officer in charge of piers and warehouses" on part of Honolulu.an obscure island.

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A 1965 WorldWarII epic starring JohnWayne and KirkDouglas, and both the last WorldWarII film and John Wayne film to be made in Black and White.

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A 1965 WorldWarII epic based on James Bassett's novel of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, directed and produced by Creator/OttoPreminger, starring JohnWayne Creator/JohnWayne and KirkDouglas, Creator/KirkDouglas, and both the last WorldWarII World War II film and John Wayne film to be made in Black black and White.
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* AnachronismStew: The hairstyles and civilian dress in the movie were contemporary to the time it was made, rather than the time it takes place. Similarly, the plane features various smaller vehicles that were not in the US inventory at the time, including the HU-16 Albatross Flying Boat and the M151 MUTTs pretending to be WWII era jeeps.

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\n* AnachronismStew: The hairstyles and civilian dress in the movie were contemporary to the time it was made, rather than the time it takes place. Similarly, the plane features various smaller vehicles that were not in the US inventory at the time, including the HU-16 Albatross Flying Boat and the M151 MUTTs [=MUTTs=] pretending to be WWII era jeeps.
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* BackedByThePentagon: The film received extensive help from the Navy and Marine Corps, including being allowed to film on Navy ships, though some careful work had to be done to hide the more modern equipment on the ships (there were no missile cruisers or destroyers in 1942).
* BadassFamily: Rock and his son Jeremiah are both naval officers, and end up fighting in the same naval battle.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Both [[spoiler: Eddington and Annalee]].


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* [[AirstrikeImpossible Seastrike Impossible]]: Jeremiah's PT boat squadron makes a torpedo run on the [[DavidVersusGoliath much larger Japanese fleet]] under cover of darkness. They get badly mauled for their trouble, but cripple several Japanese ships. [[spoiler: Jeremiah is killed in the battle.]]

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For the trope of the same name, go [[Main/InHarmsWay here]].



* AnachronismStew: The hairstyles and civilian dress in the movie were contemporary to the time it was made, rather than the time it takes place. Similarly, the plane features various smaller vehicles that were not in the US inventory at the time, including the HU-16 Albatross Flying Boat and the M151 MUTTs pretending to be WWII era jeeps.
* BackedByThePentagon: The film received extensive help from the Navy and Marine Corps, including being allowed to film on Navy ships, though some careful work had to be done to hide the more modern equipment on the ships (there were no missile cruisers or destroyers in 1942).
* DavidVsGoliath: The film's climax, with Rock Torrey leading an outmatched force of cruisers, destroyers, and PT boats against a much larger Japanese force.



* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]]. Every character within two degrees of separation of him ([[DeathBySex via sexual relationships]]) dies before the credits roll.

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* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]]. Every character within two degrees of separation of him ([[DeathBySex via sexual relationships]]) dies before the credits roll.roll.
* LeeroyJenkins: Rock Torrey decides to pursue the Japanese forces that launched the attack on Pearl Harbor, only for his ship to be torpedoed by a Japanese submarine he blunders across.
* MilitaryBrat: Jeremiah Torrey, who has become an officer in the Navy like his father. The two have a strained relationship.
* OperationBlank: "Skyhook", a planned offensive to sieze the island of Levu-Vana to use as a base for American heavy bombers.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Eddington, after his wife's cheating ways, and her death during the Pearl Harbor raid (along with an extramarital lover of hers) drives him to drinking and [[BarBrawl brawling]]. He ends up as "officer in charge of piers and warehouses" on part of Honolulu.
* YourCheatingHeart: Eddington's wife is having a one night stand with an Army aviator while he is out to sea when the film starts on December 6, 1941. The next morning, [[LaserGuidedKarma both of them are killed together during the Japanese air raid.]]
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A 1965 WorldWarII epic starring JohnWayne and KirkDouglas, and both the last WorldWarII film and John Wayne film to be made in Black and White.

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A 1965 WorldWarII epic starring JohnWayne and KirkDouglas, and both the last WorldWarII film and John Wayne film to be made in Black and White.White.

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* DeathBySex: Seemingly the cause for DoomMagnet.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: After he [[MoralEventHorizon rapes Annalee]], [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]] goes on a OneWayTrip in a bomber to try and find the Japanese fleet, and is shot down and killed shortly after calling his sighting in.
* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Paul Eddington]]. Every character within two degrees of separation of him ([[DeathBySex via sexual relationships]]) dies before the credits roll.
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