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Harrison Ford's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" turns 30

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. AP

(CBS) One of the first big summer blockbusters hit a major milestone over the weekend - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" turned 30 on Sunday.

Yes, it's been three decades since Harrison Ford first donned that fedora and swung that whip as Indiana Jones. The film was released on June 12, 1981.

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Since then, Ford brought Jones back to the big screen three more times - in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984), "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in 2008.

And there might be another one in the works - Shia LaBeouf, who starred alongside Ford in "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," said that a fifth film isn't far off.

"I talked to [Harrison Ford]," he told MTV News at last weekend's MTV Movie Awards. "He said he's staying in the gym, he said he's heard no word, but he does know that [George Lucas] is out there looking for a MacGuffin. He said he's staying in the gym, so it means [the movie is] not so far off."

Tell us: What's your favorite Indiana Jones film? And do you think they should make a fifth one?

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