Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
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Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5042575 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle Context triple: [Crime of Passion, leadActorCharacter, Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle]
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A.
Cary Grant as T. R. Devlin
Cary Grant as T. R. Devlin is the suave, morally conflicted U.S. agent he portrays in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic espionage thriller "Notorious."
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B.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
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C.
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey is the central prosecuting attorney character in the 1947 film noir legal drama "Boomerang!"
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D.
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill is the suave, quick-witted advertising executive mistaken for a spy in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "North by Northwest."
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E.
William Holden as David Larrabee
William Holden as David Larrabee is the charming, carefree younger Larrabee brother and playboy in the 1954 romantic comedy film "Sabrina."
- 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: Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle Target entity description: Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."
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A.
Cary Grant as T. R. Devlin
Cary Grant as T. R. Devlin is the suave, morally conflicted U.S. agent he portrays in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic espionage thriller "Notorious."
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B.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
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C.
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey
Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey is the central prosecuting attorney character in the 1947 film noir legal drama "Boomerang!"
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D.
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill is the suave, quick-witted advertising executive mistaken for a spy in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller "North by Northwest."
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E.
William Holden as David Larrabee
William Holden as David Larrabee is the charming, carefree younger Larrabee brother and playboy in the 1954 romantic comedy film "Sabrina."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacter
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Crime of Passion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
career versus marriage conflict
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marital tension ⓘ |
| characterName | Bill Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
straight-arrow
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tough ⓘ |
| countryOfFilmProduction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalConflictWith | Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Gerd Oswald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmGenre | film noir ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| filmStudio | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmWriter | Jo Eisinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext | domestic melodrama within film noir ⓘ |
| lawEnforcementRole | homicide detective ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | law-abiding ⓘ |
| moralConflictWith | Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
emotional battleground participant
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moral battleground participant ⓘ |
| occupation | police detective ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sterling Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingContext | American law enforcement ⓘ |
| spouseInFilm |
Barbara Stanwyck’s character
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Kathy Ferguson Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spousePortrayedBy | Barbara Stanwyck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle Description of subject: Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."
Referenced by (1)
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