The Night of the Hunter
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The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, renowned for its expressionistic style and haunting portrayal of a murderous preacher.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Night of the Hunter canonical | 8 |
| The Night of the Hunter (1955 film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7142912 — 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 Night of the Hunter Context triple: [Lillian Gish, notableWork, The Night of the Hunter]
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A.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
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B.
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
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C.
Gilda
Gilda is a classic 1946 American film noir starring Rita Hayworth in one of her most iconic roles.
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D.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
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E.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
- 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 Night of the Hunter Target entity description: The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, renowned for its expressionistic style and haunting portrayal of a murderous preacher.
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A.
Killer Kane
Killer Kane is a notorious villain from the Buck Rogers science fiction series, often portrayed as a ruthless dictator and primary antagonist.
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B.
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil is a 1958 film noir thriller directed by and co-starring Orson Welles, renowned for its dark, expressionistic style and legendary long opening tracking shot.
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C.
Gilda
Gilda is a classic 1946 American film noir starring Rita Hayworth in one of her most iconic roles.
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D.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro, adapted from William Lindsay Gresham’s novel about a manipulative carnival worker who becomes a corrupt mentalist.
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E.
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley is a 1947 American film noir psychological drama starring Tyrone Power as an ambitious carnival worker whose ruthless pursuit of success leads to his downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | novel adaptation ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Night of the Hunter (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Davis Grubb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Stanley Cortez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered |
classic of American cinema
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influential film noir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorialDebutOf | Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Harry Powell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Pearl Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Willa Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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film noir ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| initialReception | mixed reviews ⓘ |
| laterReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| musicBy | Walter Schumann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableElement | LOVE and HATE tattoos on preacher's knuckles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expressionistic visual style
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haunting atmosphere ⓘ use of light and shadow ⓘ |
| notableScene | river journey of the children ⓘ |
| onlyFeatureFilmDirectedBy | Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | murderous preacher ⓘ |
| producedBy | Paul Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paul Gregory Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-07-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James Agee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | West Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Lillian Gish
NERFINISHED
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Robert Mitchum NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelley Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Night of the Hunter Description of subject: The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, renowned for its expressionistic style and haunting portrayal of a murderous preacher.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)
this entity surface form:
The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)