Convoy (1940 film)
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Convoy (1940 film) is a British World War II naval drama centered on Royal Navy escort ships protecting merchant convoys from German U-boat attacks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Convoy (1940 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778693 — 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: Convoy (1940 film) Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Convoy (1940 film)]
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A.
Convoy (1978 film)
Convoy (1978 film) is a 1978 action-comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the country song of the same name, that follows a group of truckers rebelling against corrupt law enforcement.
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B.
Le Convoyeur
Le Convoyeur is a 2004 French thriller film about an armored truck company plagued by violent robberies, which later served as the basis for Guy Ritchie's film Wrath of Man.
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C.
Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk were the Allied soldiers, largely Australian, who defiantly held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Axis forces during a prolonged World War II siege.
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D.
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 World War II adventure film about a commando team sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea.
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E.
Cruel Sea
"Cruel Sea" is an episode of the documentary series "Walking with Dinosaurs" that focuses on the life and environment of marine reptiles in the prehistoric oceans.
- 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: Convoy (1940 film) Target entity description: Convoy (1940 film) is a British World War II naval drama centered on Royal Navy escort ships protecting merchant convoys from German U-boat attacks.
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A.
Convoy (1978 film)
Convoy (1978 film) is a 1978 action-comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the country song of the same name, that follows a group of truckers rebelling against corrupt law enforcement.
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B.
Le Convoyeur
Le Convoyeur is a 2004 French thriller film about an armored truck company plagued by violent robberies, which later served as the basis for Guy Ritchie's film Wrath of Man.
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C.
Rats of Tobruk
The Rats of Tobruk were the Allied soldiers, largely Australian, who defiantly held the Libyan port of Tobruk against Axis forces during a prolonged World War II siege.
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D.
The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 World War II adventure film about a commando team sent to destroy massive German guns threatening Allied ships in the Aegean Sea.
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E.
Cruel Sea
"Cruel Sea" is an episode of the documentary series "Walking with Dinosaurs" that focuses on the life and environment of marine reptiles in the prehistoric oceans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II film
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film ⓘ naval drama film ⓘ |
| basedOn | an original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Erwin Hillier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
German U-boats
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North Atlantic naval warfare ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ merchant convoys ⓘ |
| director | Pen Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ray Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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naval film ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Convoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Battle of the Atlantic
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy convoy escort duty ⓘ |
| musicBy | Ernest Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
North Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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at sea ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British wartime cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
escort ships protecting merchant shipping
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threat of submarine attack ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStatus | completed feature film ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-07-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Harvey
NERFINISHED
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Patrick Kirwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pen Tennyson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundFilm | yes ⓘ |
| stars |
Clive Brook
NERFINISHED
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Edward Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Clements NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope Dudley-Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early years of World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Convoy (1940 film) Description of subject: Convoy (1940 film) is a British World War II naval drama centered on Royal Navy escort ships protecting merchant convoys from German U-boat attacks.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon