| Actors are ranked according to overall movie critic score |
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| 1 |  | Sigourney Weaver |  3.2849
| 45 |
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 12
- 1990s - 11
- 2000s - 17
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- 1. Alien (1979)
- 2. Aliens (1986)
- 3. Ghostbusters II (1989)
- 4. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
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| 2 |  | Christopher Lee |  3.2682
| 173 |
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 34
- 1960s - 42
- 1970s - 44
- 1980s - 19
- 1990s - 15
- 2000s - 13
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- 1. Wicker Man, The (1973)
- 2. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- 3. Dracula (1958)
- 4. Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
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| 3 |  | Peter Cushing |  3.2531
| 89 |
- 1930s - 1
- 1940s - 7
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 26
- 1970s - 34
- 1980s - 6
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- 1. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- 2. Dracula (1958)
- 3. Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- 4. Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974)
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| 4 |  | Boris Karloff |  3.2012
| 149 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 47
- 1930s - 48
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 11
- 1960s - 16
- 1970s - 4
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- 1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 2. Black Cat, The (1934)
- 3. Frankenstein (1931)
- 4. Old Dark House, The (1932)
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| 5 |  | Joan Crawford |  3.1578
| 82 |
- 1920s - 24
- 1930s - 26
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Unknown, The (1927)
- 2. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- 3. Sudden Fear (1952)
- 4. Strait-Jacket (1964)
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| 6 |  | Jamie Lee Curtis |  3.1479
| 34 |
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 13
- 1990s - 13
- 2000s - 7
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- 1. Halloween (1978)
- 2. Fog, The (1980)
- 3. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
- 4. Prom Night (1980)
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| 7 |  | Bela Lugosi |  3.1424
| 84 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 14
- 1930s - 35
- 1940s - 27
- 1950s - 6
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
- 2. Black Cat, The (1934)
- 3. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
- 4. Dracula (1931)
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| 8 |  | Vincent Price |  3.1201
| 102 |
- 1930s - 3
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 24
- 1960s - 28
- 1970s - 11
- 1980s - 10
- 1990s - 4
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- 1. Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)
- 2. House of Wax (1953)
- 3. Tingler, The (1959)
- 4. House of Usher (1960)
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| 9 |  | Janet Leigh |  3.0560
| 53 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 21
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Psycho (1960)
- 2. Fog, The (1980)
- 3. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
- 4. Night of the Lepus (1972)
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| 10 |  | Patricia Arquette |  3.0506
| 34 |
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 19
- 2000s - 11
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- 1. Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)
- 2. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
- 3. Lost Highway (1997)
- 4. Stigmata (1999)
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| 11 |  | Neve Campbell |  3.0151
| 29 |
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- 1. Scream (1996)
- 2. Scream 2 (1997)
- 3. Craft, The (1996)
- 4. Scream 3 (2000)
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| 12 |  | Fay Wray |  3.0079
| 105 |
- 1920s - 36
- 1930s - 50
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 10
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 1
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. King Kong (1933)
- 2. Most Dangerous Game, The (1932)
- 3. Vampire Bat, The (1933)
- 4. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
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| 13 |  | Cedric Hardwicke |  2.9626
| 49 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 17
- 1940s - 18
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 3
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- 1. Invisible Man Returns, The (1940)
- 2. Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942)
- 3. Lodger, The (1944)
- 4. Invisible Agent (1942)
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| 14 |  | Brooke Adams |  2.9361
| 21 |
- 1970s - 5
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 4
- 2000s - 5
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- 1. Dead Zone, The (1983)
- 2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- 3. Stuff, The (1985)
- 4. Shock Waves (1977)
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| 15 |  | Richard Dreyfuss |  2.9334
| 45 |
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 9
- 1980s - 11
- 1990s - 16
- 2000s - 7
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| 16 |  | Kevin Bacon |  2.9255
| 56 |
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 14
- 1990s - 21
- 2000s - 19
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- 1. Friday the 13th (1980)
- 2. Stir of Echoes (1999)
- 3. Tremors (1990)
- 4. Flatliners (1990)
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| 17 |  | Kyle Richards |  2.9101
| 7 |
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Halloween (1978)
- 2. Car, The (1977)
- 3. Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)
- 4. Halloween II (1981)
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| 18 |  | Roy Scheider |  2.8832
| 28 |
- 1970s - 10
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 5
- 2000s - 6
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- 1. Jaws (1975)
- 2. Jaws 2 (1978)
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| 19 |  | Lionel Atwill |  2.8695
| 74 |
- 1910s - 3
- 1920s - 2
- 1930s - 42
- 1940s - 27
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- 1. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1939)
- 2. Murders in the Zoo (1933)
- 3. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- 4. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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| 20 |  | Lorraine Gary |  2.8692
| 8 |
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- 1. Jaws (1975)
- 2. Jaws 2 (1978)
- 3. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
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| 21 |  | Famke Janssen |  2.8673
| 29 |
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- 1. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
- 2. Faculty, The (1998)
- 3. Lord of Illusions (1995)
- 4. Deep Rising (1998)
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| 22 |  | Candy Clark |  2.8631
| 27 |
- 1970s - 8
- 1980s - 10
- 1990s - 6
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Blob, The (1988)
- 2. Q (1982)
- 3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
- 4. Amityville 3-D (1983)
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| 23 |  | Jeff Goldblum |  2.8600
| 62 |
- 1970s - 12
- 1980s - 13
- 1990s - 17
- 2000s - 20
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- 1. Fly, The (1986)
- 2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- 3. Jurassic Park (1993)
- 4. Sentinel, The (1977)
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| 24 |  | Tom Conway |  2.8570
| 54 |
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- 1. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- 2. Cat People (1942)
- 3. Seventh Victim, The (1943)
- 4. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
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| 25 |  | John Gavin |  2.8551
| 27 |
- 1910s - 7
- 1920s - 1
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 11
- 1970s - 3
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- 1. Psycho (1960)
- 2. Jennifer (1978)
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| 26 |  | Richard Carlson |  2.8522
| 54 |
- 1930s - 6
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 20
- 1960s - 6
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- 1. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- 2. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
- 3. Ghost Breakers, The (1940)
- 4. Amazing Mr. X, The (1948)
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| 27 |  | Hazel Court |  2.8395
| 33 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 5
- 2000s - 3
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- 1. Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- 2. Premature Burial, The (1962)
- 3. Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
- 4. Ghost Ship (1952)
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| 28 |  | Bette Davis |  2.8355
| 95 |
- 1930s - 43
- 1940s - 21
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 9
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
- 2. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- 3. Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)
- 4. Burnt Offerings (1976)
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| 29 |  | Peter Lorre |  2.8277
| 82 |
- 1930s - 29
- 1940s - 31
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 8
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Beast with Five Fingers, The (1946)
- 2. Tales of Terror (1962)
- 3. Mad Love (1935)
- 4. Comedy of Terrors, The (1964)
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| 30 |  | Robert De Niro |  2.8269
| 79 |
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 14
- 1980s - 13
- 1990s - 29
- 2000s - 20
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- 1. Angel Heart (1987)
- 2. Cape Fear (1991)
- 3. Frankenstein (1994)
- 4. Hide and Seek (2005)
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| 31 |  | Vera Miles |  2.8218
| 40 |
- 1950s - 14
- 1960s - 15
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Psycho (1960)
- 2. Psycho II (1983)
- 3. Initiation, The (1984)
- 4. Spirit Is Willing, The (1967)
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| 32 |  | Heather Langenkamp |  2.8214
| 7 |
- 1960s - 1
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 2
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- 1. Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)
- 2. Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A (1987)
- 3. New Nightmare (1994)
- 4. Shocker (1989)
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| 33 |  | Ian Hendry |  2.8033
| 27 |
- 1950s - 1
- 1960s - 14
- 1970s - 12
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- 1. Theatre of Blood (1973)
- 2. Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974)
- 3. Children of the Damned (1963)
- 4. Damien: Omen II (1978)
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| 34 |  | Miles Malleson |  2.7948
| 86 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 14
- 1940s - 20
- 1950s - 33
- 1960s - 18
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- 1. Peeping Tom (1960)
- 2. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- 3. Dead of Night (1945)
- 4. Dracula (1958)
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| 35 |  | Tom Skerritt |  2.7872
| 44 |
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 12
- 1980s - 15
- 1990s - 9
- 2000s - 5
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- 1. Alien (1979)
- 2. Dead Zone, The (1983)
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| 36 |  | Helene Udy |  2.7848
| 13 |
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 4
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- 1. Dead Zone, The (1983)
- 2. KatieBird *Certifiable Crazy Person (2005)
- 3. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
- 4. Incubus, The (1981)
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| 37 |  | Shawnee Smith |  2.7791
| 27 |
- 1980s - 5
- 1990s - 16
- 2000s - 6
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- 1. Blob, The (1988)
- 2. Saw (2004)
- 3. Saw II (2005)
- 4. Saw III (2006)
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| 38 |  | Christopher Walken |  2.7764
| 81 |
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 14
- 1990s - 31
- 2000s - 30
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- 1. Dead Zone, The (1983)
- 2. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- 3. Sentinel, The (1977)
- 4. Addiction, The (1995)
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| 39 |  | Christine Forrest |  2.7748
| 7 |
- 1950s - 1
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Martin (1977)
- 2. Creepshow (1982)
- 3. Monkey Shines (1988)
- 4. Dark Half, The (1993)
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| 40 |  | Johnny Depp |  2.7646
| 45 |
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 17
- 2000s - 24
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- 1. Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)
- 2. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- 3. From Hell (2001)
- 4. Secret Window (2004)
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| 41 |  | Dwight Frye |  2.7571
| 39 |
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- 1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 2. Frankenstein (1931)
- 3. Dracula (1931)
- 4. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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| 42 |  | Judith O'Dea |  2.7497
| 2 |
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- 1. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- 2. Ocean, The (2006)
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| 43 |  | Katharine Isabelle |  2.7468
| 17 |
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- 1. Ginger Snaps (2000)
- 2. Disturbing Behavior (1998)
- 3. Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)
- 4. Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
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| 44 |  | Drew Barrymore |  2.7441
| 42 |
- 1980s - 7
- 1990s - 20
- 2000s - 15
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- 1. Scream (1996)
- 2. Altered States (1980)
- 3. Doppelganger (1993)
- 4. Firestarter (1984)
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| 45 |  | David Arquette |  2.7426
| 45 |
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- 1. Scream (1996)
- 2. Scream 2 (1997)
- 3. Scream 3 (2000)
- 4. Ravenous (1999)
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| 46 |  | Max von Sydow |  2.7408
| 97 |
- 1940s - 1
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 16
- 1970s - 24
- 1980s - 20
- 1990s - 19
- 2000s - 8
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- 1. Exorcist, The (1973)
- 2. Dreamscape (1984)
- 3. Needful Things (1993)
- 4. Night Visitor, The (1971)
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| 47 |  | Martin Balsam |  2.7389
| 63 |
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 18
- 1970s - 26
- 1980s - 10
- 1990s - 4
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- 1. Psycho (1960)
- 2. Cape Fear (1991)
- 3. Sentinel, The (1977)
- 4. Due occhi diabolici (1990)
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| 48 |  | Bill Pullman |  2.7383
| 47 |
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 24
- 2000s - 17
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- 1. Brain Dead (1990)
- 2. Lost Highway (1997)
- 3. Lake Placid (1999)
- 4. Grudge, The (2004)
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| 49 |  | Britt Ekland |  2.7337
| 39 |
- 1960s - 9
- 1970s - 17
- 1980s - 12
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Wicker Man, The (1973)
- 2. Asylum (1972)
- 3. Monster Club, The (1980)
- 4. Endless Night (1971)
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| 50 |  | Colin Clive |  2.7301
| 18 |
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- 1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 2. Frankenstein (1931)
- 3. Mad Love (1935)
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