Harper (film)
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Harper is a 1966 American neo-noir mystery film starring Paul Newman as a wisecracking private detective in a stylish, character-driven investigation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harper (1966 film) | 3 |
| Harper (film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4567680 — 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: Harper (film) Context triple: [The Drowning Pool, follows, Harper (film)]
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A.
Harper
Harper is a small community located in Raleigh County, West Virginia, in the United States.
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B.
Harper
Harper is a major American publishing house known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction works.
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C.
Hap
Hap is the nickname of Henry "Hap" Arnold, a pioneering U.S. Army Air Forces general and key architect of American air power during World War II.
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D.
Harvey
Harvey is a rural town in the South West of Western Australia known for its agriculture, dairy production, and citrus orchards.
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E.
Harvey
Harvey is the middle name of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- 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: Harper (film) Target entity description: Harper is a 1966 American neo-noir mystery film starring Paul Newman as a wisecracking private detective in a stylish, character-driven investigation.
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A.
Harper
Harper is a small community located in Raleigh County, West Virginia, in the United States.
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B.
Harper
Harper is a major American publishing house known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction works.
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C.
Hap
Hap is the nickname of Henry "Hap" Arnold, a pioneering U.S. Army Air Forces general and key architect of American air power during World War II.
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D.
Harvey
Harvey is a rural town in the South West of Western Australia known for its agriculture, dairy production, and citrus orchards.
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E.
Harvey
Harvey is a botanist and taxonomist known for formally describing the plant genus Romneya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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mystery film ⓘ neo-noir film ⓘ |
| adaptedCharacter | Lew Archer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | The Moving Target (working title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Moving Target NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Ross Macdonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterNameOfPaulNewman | Lew Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Conrad L. Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Jack Smight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Stefan Arnsten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1960s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmSeries | Lew Harper film series ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Drowning Pool (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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mystery ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | United States: Approved (MPAA, original release) ⓘ |
| leadActor | Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| musicBy | Johnny Mandel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | private detective investigation ⓘ |
| notableFor | character-driven investigation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Elliott Kastner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-02-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenplayStyle | wisecracking dialogue ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterAwardNomination | Edgar Award for William Goldman ⓘ |
| setIn |
California
NERFINISHED
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
| stars |
Arthur Hill
NERFINISHED
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Janet Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Bacall NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Tiffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harper (film) Description of subject: Harper is a 1966 American neo-noir mystery film starring Paul Newman as a wisecracking private detective in a stylish, character-driven investigation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harper (1966 film)
this entity surface form:
Harper (1966 film)
subject surface form:
Betty Joan Perske
this entity surface form:
Harper (1966 film)