The Killing (1956 film)
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The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Killing (1956 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5043739 — 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: The Killing (1956 film) Context triple: [Johnny Clay, appearsIn, The Killing (1956 film)]
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
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C.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film directed by Otto Preminger, renowned for its realistic legal proceedings and exploration of moral ambiguity.
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D.
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder is a 1954 suspense thriller film, adapted from a stage play, that exemplifies Alfred Hitchcock’s mastery of tightly constructed, dialogue-driven crime stories centered on a meticulously planned murder plot gone wrong.
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E.
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
- 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 Killing (1956 film) Target entity description: The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
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C.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film directed by Otto Preminger, renowned for its realistic legal proceedings and exploration of moral ambiguity.
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D.
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder is a 1954 suspense thriller film, adapted from a stage play, that exemplifies Alfred Hitchcock’s mastery of tightly constructed, dialogue-driven crime stories centered on a meticulously planned murder plot gone wrong.
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E.
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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crime thriller film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ heist film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Clean Break
NERFINISHED
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novel by Lionel White ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Coleen Gray
NERFINISHED
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Elisha Cook Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay C. Flippen NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Sawyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Kola Kwariani NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterling Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted de Corsia NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Vince Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Lucien Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Betty Steinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | meticulously planned racetrack robbery ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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film noir ⓘ heist film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later heist films ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Johnny Clay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | unrated at original release ⓘ |
| musicBy | Gerald Fried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrationBy | Art Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| notableFor | early major directorial work of Stanley Kubrick ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Stanley Kubrick filmography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of criminals plan and execute a racetrack heist that ultimately unravels. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Sterling Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | James B. Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 85 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jim Thompson
NERFINISHED
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Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | horse racetrack ⓘ |
| studio | Harris-Kubrick Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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fate and inevitability ⓘ greed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Killing (1956 film) Description of subject: The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Johnny Clay