The Ladykillers
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The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film, produced by Ealing Studios, about a gang of criminals whose heist is foiled by their unsuspecting elderly landlady.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ladykillers canonical | 14 |
| The Ladykillers (1955 film) | 3 |
| The Ladykillers (TV adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6314093 — 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: The Ladykillers Context triple: [Alec Guinness, notableWork, The Ladykillers]
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A.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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B.
The Lady Killer
The Lady Killer is CeeLo Green’s critically acclaimed 2010 soul and R&B album best known for the hit single "Forget You."
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C.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 British-French art-house crime drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, renowned for its stylized visuals, provocative themes, and intense performances.
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D.
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed is a 1944 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from Noël Coward’s play about the lives of a lower-middle-class London family between World War I and World War II.
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E.
A Comedy of Murders
A Comedy of Murders is a comedic crime play by British writer Michael Chaplin that blends humor with a classic whodunit storyline.
- 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 Ladykillers Target entity description: The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film, produced by Ealing Studios, about a gang of criminals whose heist is foiled by their unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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A.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
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B.
The Lady Killer
The Lady Killer is CeeLo Green’s critically acclaimed 2010 soul and R&B album best known for the hit single "Forget You."
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C.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 British-French art-house crime drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, renowned for its stylized visuals, provocative themes, and intense performances.
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D.
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed is a 1944 British drama film directed by David Lean, adapted from Noël Coward’s play about the lives of a lower-middle-class London family between World War I and World War II.
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E.
A Comedy of Murders
A Comedy of Murders is a comedic crime play by British writer Michael Chaplin that blends humor with a classic whodunit storyline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award | BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Alexander Mackendrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
General Film Distributors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rank Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | post-war British cinema ⓘ |
| featuredCharacter |
Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Professor Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
crime ⓘ |
| hasRemake | The Ladykillers (2004 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| homeMedia |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ |
| includedIn | BFI Top 100 British films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tristram Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
elderly landlady foiling a robbery
ⓘ
gang of criminals planning a heist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of dark humor and crime elements
ⓘ
ensemble cast of British character actors ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| posterTagline | A new and hilarious kind of crime! ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-12-08 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| remadeBy | Coen brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenplayAwardedTo | William Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenplayOrigin | original screenplay ⓘ |
| screenwriter | William Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| starring |
Alec Guinness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cecil Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Lom NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ Katie Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Sellers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ladykillers Description of subject: The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film, produced by Ealing Studios, about a gang of criminals whose heist is foiled by their unsuspecting elderly landlady.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Ladykillers (TV adaptation)
this entity surface form:
The Ladykillers (1955 film)
subject surface form:
The Ladykillers (2004 film)
this entity surface form:
The Ladykillers (1955 film)
subject surface form:
The Ladykillers (2004 film)
this entity surface form:
The Ladykillers (1955 film)