Town on Trial
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Town on Trial is a 1957 British crime drama film directed by John Guillermin, centered on a murder investigation that exposes the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable small town.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Town on Trial canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4497215 — 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: Town on Trial Context triple: [John Guillermin, notableWork, Town on Trial]
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A.
The Triumph of Justice
The Triumph of Justice is a Baroque-era religious and allegorical painting by French artist Jean Jouvenet, exemplifying his dramatic composition and expressive style.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Verdict of the People
Verdict of the People is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist George Caleb Bingham that vividly depicts the tensions and atmosphere surrounding a U.S. election day.
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D.
The Town
The Town is a 1957 novel by William Faulkner, part of his Snopes trilogy, that explores the rise of the Snopes family and the changing social fabric of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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E.
The Town
The Town is a 2010 crime thriller film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, centered on a crew of Boston bank robbers and the personal and moral conflicts that arise after one of them falls for a former hostage.
- 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: Town on Trial Target entity description: Town on Trial is a 1957 British crime drama film directed by John Guillermin, centered on a murder investigation that exposes the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable small town.
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A.
The Triumph of Justice
The Triumph of Justice is a Baroque-era religious and allegorical painting by French artist Jean Jouvenet, exemplifying his dramatic composition and expressive style.
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B.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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C.
Verdict of the People
Verdict of the People is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist George Caleb Bingham that vividly depicts the tensions and atmosphere surrounding a U.S. election day.
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D.
The Town
The Town is a 1957 novel by William Faulkner, part of his Snopes trilogy, that explores the rise of the Snopes family and the changing social fabric of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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E.
The Town
The Town is a 2010 crime thriller film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, centered on a crew of Boston bank robbers and the personal and moral conflicts that arise after one of them falls for a former hostage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Fenner
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Fenner NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Roper NERFINISHED ⓘ Supt. Mike Halloran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Arthur Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Tristram Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | John Guillermin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Frederick Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingStyle | narrative feature film ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | 35 mm ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| hasPoliceProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
murder investigation
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small-town secrets ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| leadRole | Supt. Mike Halloran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1950s British crime cinema ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Scotland Yard superintendent investigates the murder of a young woman in a small English town, uncovering hypocrisy and hidden scandals among its respectable citizens. ⓘ |
| producer | Frank Godwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Kenneth Hayles
NERFINISHED
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Robert Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small English town ⓘ |
| starring |
Alec McCowen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Barbara Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Coburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Derek Farr NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth Seal NERFINISHED ⓘ Fay Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Town on Trial Description of subject: Town on Trial is a 1957 British crime drama film directed by John Guillermin, centered on a murder investigation that exposes the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable small town.
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