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Waving the flag with one hand and picking pockets with the other, that's your "patriotism."

Alicia Huberman

Notorious · 1946

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Political cynicism Patriotism

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Film noir Spy (film)Spy

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1946

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Alicia Huberman

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Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

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