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Nov 2024
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Pat Novak for Hire: Dixie Gillian (1949)

Adam Graham
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Original Release Date: June 24, 2014

Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.

Original Air Date: April 16, 1949

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