The Catcher Was a Spy
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The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 biographical spy drama film about Major League Baseball player-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s nonfiction book of the same name.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Catcher Was a Spy canonical | 5 |
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Target entity: The Catcher Was a Spy Context triple: [Pierfrancesco Favino, notableWork, The Catcher Was a Spy]
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A.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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B.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door is a 2010 family action-comedy film starring Jackie Chan as a babysitting spy whose mission goes awry when he must protect the children in his care from dangerous enemies.
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D.
Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor is a contemporary spy novel by John le Carré that follows an ordinary British couple drawn into the dangerous world of Russian money laundering and international espionage.
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E.
Spies
Spies is a German-origin surname most notably associated with August Spies, a prominent 19th-century anarchist and labor activist involved in the Haymarket affair.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Catcher Was a Spy Target entity description: The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 biographical spy drama film about Major League Baseball player-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s nonfiction book of the same name.
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A.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
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B.
The Spy
The Spy is a film featuring Russian actress Svetlana Khodchenkova in a prominent role within a Cold War espionage narrative.
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C.
The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door is a 2010 family action-comedy film starring Jackie Chan as a babysitting spy whose mission goes awry when he must protect the children in his care from dangerous enemies.
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D.
Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor is a contemporary spy novel by John le Carré that follows an ordinary British couple drawn into the dangerous world of Russian money laundering and international espionage.
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E.
Spies
Spies is a novel by Michael Frayn that explores childhood memory, secrecy, and the blurred line between imagination and reality in wartime England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ spy film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Nicholas Dawidoff
NERFINISHED
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The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Andrij Parekh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Ben Lewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | IFC Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Mark Yoshikawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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spy drama ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasNonfictionSource | book ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Moe Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Moe Berg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Howard Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Major League Baseball
NERFINISHED
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Office of Strategic Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Jim Young
NERFINISHED
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Kevin Frakes NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ogden Barnum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatiana Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Rodat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Nicholas Dawidoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Connie Nielsen
NERFINISHED
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Giancarlo Giannini NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Pearce NERFINISHED ⓘ Hiroyuki Sanada NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Strong NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Giamatti NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Rudd NERFINISHED ⓘ Sienna Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2018-06-22 ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | 2018-01-19 ⓘ |
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Subject: The Catcher Was a Spy Description of subject: The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 biographical spy drama film about Major League Baseball player-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s nonfiction book of the same name.
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