The Comancheros
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The Comancheros is a 1961 Western film starring John Wayne, known for its rousing score by Elmer Bernstein and its tale of lawmen battling a ruthless outlaw gang on the Texas frontier.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Comancheros canonical | 5 |
| Comancheros | 1 |
| The Comancheros (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416654 — 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 Comancheros Context triple: [Elmer Bernstein, notableWork, The Comancheros]
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A.
Rustlers
Rustlers was the nickname of the early 20th-century Boston Major League Baseball team briefly known as the Boston Rustlers.
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B.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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C.
The Outlaw
"The Outlaw" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects his early exploration of rural life, marginal figures, and moral ambiguity.
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D.
Banditland
Banditland is the passionate and raucous fan community of the Buffalo Bandits professional box lacrosse team.
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E.
Two Gunslingers
"Two Gunslingers" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1991 album *Into the Great Wide Open*, noted for its reflective lyrics about conflict and personal change.
- 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 Comancheros Target entity description: The Comancheros is a 1961 Western film starring John Wayne, known for its rousing score by Elmer Bernstein and its tale of lawmen battling a ruthless outlaw gang on the Texas frontier.
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A.
Rustlers
Rustlers was the nickname of the early 20th-century Boston Major League Baseball team briefly known as the Boston Rustlers.
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B.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is a 1943 Western film famous for its controversial sexual content and for helping launch the career of actress Jane Russell.
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C.
The Outlaw
"The Outlaw" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects his early exploration of rural life, marginal figures, and moral ambiguity.
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D.
Banditland
Banditland is the passionate and raucous fan community of the Buffalo Bandits professional box lacrosse team.
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E.
Two Gunslingers
"Two Gunslingers" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1991 album *Into the Great Wide Open*, noted for its reflective lyrics about conflict and personal change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
ⓘ
film ⓘ |
| author | Paul I. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Comancheros (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Clothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Louis R. Loeffler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Paul Regret
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas Ranger Captain Jake Cutter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | color ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
adventure film ⓘ |
| hasScoreStyle | orchestral Western score ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Texas frontier conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
frontier justice ⓘ lawmen versus outlaw gang ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one of the last films directed by Michael Curtiz
ⓘ
rousing musical score by Elmer Bernstein ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Texas Rangers battle a gang of gunrunners and outlaws trading with the Comanche. ⓘ |
| producer | George Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-11-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 107 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Clair Huffaker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Edward Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1840s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bruce Cabot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ina Balin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Marvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Ansara NERFINISHED ⓘ Nehemiah Persoff NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Wayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starsAs |
John Wayne as Texas Ranger Captain Jake Cutter
NERFINISHED
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Stuart Whitman as Paul Regret ⓘ |
| title | The Comancheros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Comancheros Description of subject: The Comancheros is a 1961 Western film starring John Wayne, known for its rousing score by Elmer Bernstein and its tale of lawmen battling a ruthless outlaw gang on the Texas frontier.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Comancheros (novel)
this entity surface form:
Comancheros