They Came to Cordura
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They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western war film, based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout, that explores themes of courage and cowardice during the Mexican Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Came to Cordura canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7093342 — 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: They Came to Cordura Context triple: [Dick York, notableWork, They Came to Cordura]
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A.
The Cord
The Cord is the student-run newspaper serving the Wilfrid Laurier University community with campus news, commentary, and features.
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B.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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C.
Red Corridor
The Red Corridor is a region in eastern and central India characterized by significant Maoist (Naxalite) insurgent activity and ongoing left-wing extremist conflict.
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D.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
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E.
The Fifth Cord
The Fifth Cord is a 1971 Italian giallo thriller film directed by Luigi Bazzoni and starring Franco Nero as a hard-boiled journalist investigating a series of murders.
- 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: They Came to Cordura Target entity description: They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western war film, based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout, that explores themes of courage and cowardice during the Mexican Revolution.
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A.
The Cord
The Cord is the student-run newspaper serving the Wilfrid Laurier University community with campus news, commentary, and features.
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B.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them is a 1948 novel by Sylvia Townsend Warner that portrays several centuries in the life of a medieval English convent through a series of episodic, quietly ironic vignettes.
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C.
Red Corridor
The Red Corridor is a region in eastern and central India characterized by significant Maoist (Naxalite) insurgent activity and ongoing left-wing extremist conflict.
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D.
Behind the Front
"Behind the Front" is the debut studio album by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas, showcasing their early alternative and socially conscious rap style before their later pop-oriented success.
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E.
The Fifth Cord
The Fifth Cord is a 1971 Italian giallo thriller film directed by Luigi Bazzoni and starring Franco Nero as a hard-boiled journalist investigating a series of murders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2.35:1 ⓘ |
| author | Glendon Swarthout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | They Came to Cordura (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical ⓘ |
| editedBy | Al Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | color ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
drama ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasSetting | northern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Major Thomas Thorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
courage
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cowardice ⓘ |
| militaryContext | U.S. Army Punitive Expedition into Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elie Siegmeister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | U.S. Army officer evaluating soldiers for the Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of moral courage in wartime ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Dick York as Pvt. Renziehausen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Cooper as Major Thomas Thorn ⓘ Michael Callan as Cpl. Lindsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Hayworth as Adelaide Geary NERFINISHED ⓘ Tab Hunter as Lt. Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin as Colonel Rogers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | William Goetz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-09-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 123 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Ivan Moffat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Rossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Mexican Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Dick York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gary Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Callan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Hayworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Tab Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1916 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: They Came to Cordura Description of subject: They Came to Cordura is a 1959 American Western war film, based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout, that explores themes of courage and cowardice during the Mexican Revolution.
Referenced by (6)
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