Criss Cross (1949 film)
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Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, noted for its fatalistic love triangle and starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Criss Cross (1949 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5551021 — 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: Criss Cross (1949 film) Context triple: [Yvonne De Carlo, appearedIn, Criss Cross (1949 film)]
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A.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
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B.
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C.
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D.
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E.
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- 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: Criss Cross (1949 film) Target entity description: Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, noted for its fatalistic love triangle and starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.
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A.
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a 1966 comedy-mystery film starring Don Knotts as a timid typesetter who investigates a supposedly haunted house in a small town.
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B.
Fred and Ginger
Fred and Ginger is the popular nickname for Prague’s famously curving, deconstructivist “Dancing House” building, whose twin towers evoke the dynamic motion of dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
-
C.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a classic 1953 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire, celebrated for its sophisticated song-and-dance numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
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D.
The Seven Year Itch
The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 romantic comedy film best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic subway-grate dress scene and its satirical take on mid-century marriage and temptation.
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E.
Three's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd is an American sitcom best known as the short-lived spin-off of Three's Company, continuing the story of Jack Tripper after he moves in with his girlfriend and her disapproving father.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 1.37:1 ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Don Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Criss Cross by Don Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Franz Planer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Siodmak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Edward Curtiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
crime ⓘ doomed romance ⓘ fatalism ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved (Production Code Administration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anna Dundee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Slim Dundee NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | voice-over narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | armored car robbery sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfMovement | classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ |
| plotCharacteristic | fatalistic love triangle ⓘ |
| producer | Mark Hellinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal-International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | January 19, 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 88 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Daniel Fuchs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 1940s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starActor | Burt Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starActress | Yvonne De Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Burt Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dan Duryea NERFINISHED ⓘ Esmond Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen McNally NERFINISHED ⓘ Yvonne De Carlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Criss Cross (1949 film) Description of subject: Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, noted for its fatalistic love triangle and starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.