The Suspect
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"The Suspect" is a 1944 film noir thriller in which Charles Laughton plays a mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk driven toward murder, noted for its atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Suspect canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7007800 — 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 Suspect Context triple: [Henry Daniell, notableWork, The Suspect]
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A.
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion is a 1991 drama film about a Hollywood director facing the anti-communist blacklist era in 1950s America.
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B.
A Degree of Murder
A Degree of Murder is a 1967 West German crime drama film starring Anita Pallenberg, noted for its experimental style and a soundtrack by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects was a sweeping French Revolutionary decree that enabled the mass arrest and prosecution of perceived enemies of the Revolution during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
The Alibi
The Alibi is a film project on which acclaimed American film editor Jay Cassidy contributed his editing expertise.
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E.
Waiting for an Alibi
"Waiting for an Alibi" is a 1979 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, known as one of their signature tracks from the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
- 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 Suspect Target entity description: "The Suspect" is a 1944 film noir thriller in which Charles Laughton plays a mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk driven toward murder, noted for its atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak.
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A.
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion is a 1991 drama film about a Hollywood director facing the anti-communist blacklist era in 1950s America.
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B.
A Degree of Murder
A Degree of Murder is a 1967 West German crime drama film starring Anita Pallenberg, noted for its experimental style and a soundtrack by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Law of Suspects
The Law of Suspects was a sweeping French Revolutionary decree that enabled the mass arrest and prosecution of perceived enemies of the Revolution during the Reign of Terror.
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D.
The Alibi
The Alibi is a film project on which acclaimed American film editor Jay Cassidy contributed his editing expertise.
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E.
Waiting for an Alibi
"Waiting for an Alibi" is a 1979 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, known as one of their signature tracks from the album Black Rose: A Rock Legend.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "This Way Out" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | James Ronald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Charles Laughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dean Harens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Raines NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Daniell NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalind Ivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Ridges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Ivano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Robert Siodmak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editingBy | Arthur Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved (PCA era) ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a clerk driven toward murder ⓘ |
| notableFor | atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1944 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Arthur T. Horman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bertram Millhauser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Suspect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Suspect Description of subject: "The Suspect" is a 1944 film noir thriller in which Charles Laughton plays a mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk driven toward murder, noted for its atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.