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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ROAD TO BALI

By | April 2009

Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil travels a very bumpy “road” with Hope, Crosby and Lamour.

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