The Return of Jesse James
E432497
The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Return of Jesse James canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4347325 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return of Jesse James Context triple: [Wanda Hendrix, workedOn, The Return of Jesse James]
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A.
Defeat of Jesse James Days
Defeat of Jesse James Days is an annual festival in Northfield, Minnesota, commemorating the town’s 1876 armed resistance to an attempted bank robbery by the James-Younger Gang.
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B.
The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film that follows Frank James’s quest for justice after the death of his infamous outlaw brother Jesse James.
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C.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel) is a historical fiction work by Ron Hansen that reimagines the final months of outlaw Jesse James’s life and his fraught relationship with his eventual killer, Robert Ford.
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D.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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E.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 revisionist Western film that explores the complex relationship between outlaw Jesse James and his eventual killer Robert Ford, noted for its lyrical cinematography and introspective tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Return of Jesse James Target entity description: The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
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A.
Defeat of Jesse James Days
Defeat of Jesse James Days is an annual festival in Northfield, Minnesota, commemorating the town’s 1876 armed resistance to an attempted bank robbery by the James-Younger Gang.
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B.
The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film that follows Frank James’s quest for justice after the death of his infamous outlaw brother Jesse James.
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C.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (novel) is a historical fiction work by Ron Hansen that reimagines the final months of outlaw Jesse James’s life and his fraught relationship with his eventual killer, Robert Ford.
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D.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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E.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 revisionist Western film that explores the complex relationship between outlaw Jesse James and his eventual killer Robert Ford, noted for its lyrical cinematography and introspective tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
ⓘ
Western film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Jesse James ⓘ |
| character |
Jesse James
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Callum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ernest Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Rae Irvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| director | Arthur Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Lippert Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Roy V. Livingston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Jesse James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
exploitation of a legend
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identity and deception ⓘ outlaw impersonation ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a gang using a Jesse James look-alike to continue outlaw activities ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An outlaw gang exploits the legend of the dead Jesse James by using a look-alike as his stand-in. ⓘ |
| producer | Robert L. Lippert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lippert Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1950-09-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 73 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jack Natteford
NERFINISHED
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Luci Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century American West ⓘ |
| stars |
Ann Dvorak
NERFINISHED
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Clifton Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh O'Brian NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Reed Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Return of Jesse James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Return of Jesse James Description of subject: The Return of Jesse James is a 1950 American Western film that follows an outlaw gang’s attempt to exploit the legend of the deceased Jesse James by using his look-alike as a stand-in.
Referenced by (2)
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