Junior Bonner
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Junior Bonner is a 1972 Western drama film starring Steve McQueen as an aging rodeo rider, noted for its reflective tone and character-driven storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Junior Bonner canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199358 — 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: Junior Bonner Context triple: [Sam Peckinpah, directed, Junior Bonner]
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A.
Lyle Waggoner
Lyle Waggoner was an American actor and comedian best known as a regular cast member on "The Carol Burnett Show" and for his role as Steve Trevor on the television series "Wonder Woman."
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B.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
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C.
Bobby Jackson
Bobby Jackson is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his standout college career and his role as a key sixth man in the NBA, particularly with the Sacramento Kings.
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D.
Clifton James
Clifton James was an American character actor best known for his comic portrayals of Southern lawmen in films such as the James Bond movies Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.
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E.
Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon was an American blues and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his distinctive offbeat piano style that influenced early rock and roll and ska.
- 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: Junior Bonner Target entity description: Junior Bonner is a 1972 Western drama film starring Steve McQueen as an aging rodeo rider, noted for its reflective tone and character-driven storytelling.
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A.
Lyle Waggoner
Lyle Waggoner was an American actor and comedian best known as a regular cast member on "The Carol Burnett Show" and for his role as Steve Trevor on the television series "Wonder Woman."
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B.
Butch Coolidge
Butch Coolidge is a tough, aging boxer in the film "Pulp Fiction" who becomes entangled in a violent series of events after double-crossing a crime boss.
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C.
Bobby Jackson
Bobby Jackson is a former American professional basketball guard best known for his standout college career and his role as a key sixth man in the NBA, particularly with the Sacramento Kings.
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D.
Clifton James
Clifton James was an American character actor best known for his comic portrayals of Southern lawmen in films such as the James Bond movies Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun.
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E.
Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon was an American blues and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter known for his distinctive offbeat piano style that influenced early rock and roll and ska.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | Panavision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Ida Lupino as Elvira Bonner
NERFINISHED
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Robert Preston as Ace Bonner ⓘ Steve McQueen as Junior Bonner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lucien Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReputation | noted for subtle, character-focused direction by Sam Peckinpah ⓘ |
| director | Sam Peckinpah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank Santillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | Prescott Frontier Days rodeo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Yavapai County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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drama ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
aging rodeo rider
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changing American West ⓘ family relationships ⓘ |
| leadCharacterAgeDescriptor | aging ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | rodeo rider ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
character-driven storytelling
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reflective tone ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American Western cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Joe Wizan
NERFINISHED
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William N. Panzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Panavision
NERFINISHED
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Solar Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jeb Rosebrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary early 1970s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Prescott, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Leigh
NERFINISHED
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Ben Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Don Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve McQueen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Junior Bonner Description of subject: Junior Bonner is a 1972 Western drama film starring Steve McQueen as an aging rodeo rider, noted for its reflective tone and character-driven storytelling.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.