Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco
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Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco is the iconic role in which Sinatra plays a troubled Korean War veteran unraveling a communist brainwashing conspiracy in the 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5417150 — 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)
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Target entity: Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco Context triple: [The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film), portrayedBy, Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco]
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Frank Sinatra as John Baron
Frank Sinatra as John Baron is Sinatra’s chilling portrayal of a cold-blooded, psychopathic assassin in the 1954 film noir thriller "Suddenly."
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B.
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
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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C.
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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D.
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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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: Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco Target entity description: Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco is the iconic role in which Sinatra plays a troubled Korean War veteran unraveling a communist brainwashing conspiracy in the 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate."
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A.
Frank Sinatra as John Baron
Frank Sinatra as John Baron is Sinatra’s chilling portrayal of a cold-blooded, psychopathic assassin in the 1954 film noir thriller "Suddenly."
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B.
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character portrayal
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film role ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedActor |
Angela Lansbury
NERFINISHED
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Laurence Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Eleanor Iselin
NERFINISHED
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Raymond Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bennett Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Richard Condon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Manchurian Candidate (1959 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| careerSignificanceForActor | one of Frank Sinatra's most celebrated dramatic roles ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement |
investigating Raymond Shaw
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unraveling communist brainwashing conspiracy ⓘ |
| characterName | Major Bennett Marco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | Army intelligence officer ⓘ |
| characterPsychologicalState |
experiences paranoia
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suffers from nightmares ⓘ |
| characterRank | Major ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
suspicious of brainwashing
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troubled ⓘ |
| characterWarExperience | Korean War veteran ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed performance ⓘ |
| filmBlackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| filmCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | John Frankenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDistributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmGenre |
political thriller film
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psychological thriller film ⓘ |
| filmLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmMusicBy | David Amram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmNationalityOfActor | American ⓘ |
| filmProductionCompany | M.C. Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| filmScreenwriter | George Axelrod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| militaryBranchOfCharacter | United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | protagonist ⓘ |
| notableSceneInvolvement |
brainwashing flashback sequence
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confrontation at political convention ⓘ |
| politicalContext | McCarthy-era anxieties ⓘ |
| portrayalType | live-action performance ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1962-10-24 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-Korean War era ⓘ |
| theme |
Cold War paranoia
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mind control ⓘ political assassination ⓘ |
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Subject: Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco Description of subject: Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco is the iconic role in which Sinatra plays a troubled Korean War veteran unraveling a communist brainwashing conspiracy in the 1962 political thriller "The Manchurian Candidate."
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subject surface form:
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)