They Won't Believe Me
E653817
"They Won't Believe Me" is a 1947 film noir drama about a philandering man whose web of lies and betrayals leads to murder and a tense courtroom reckoning.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Won't Believe Me canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7276756 — 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 Won't Believe Me Context triple: [Irving Pichel, notableWork, They Won't Believe Me]
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A.
They Didn't Believe Me
"They Didn't Believe Me" is a popular 1914 American song with music by Jerome Kern that became a standard in the early 20th-century repertoire.
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B.
I Could Not Believe It Was True
"I Could Not Believe It Was True" is a country song featured as one of the tracks on Willie Nelson’s concept album *Red Headed Stranger*.
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C.
Can't Believe It
"Can't Believe It" is a 2008 R&B/hip-hop single by T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne, known for its melodic Auto-Tune vocals and catchy, laid-back production.
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D.
Don't Believe the Truth
"Don't Believe the Truth" is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis, noted for its back-to-basics rock sound and a creative resurgence that produced hits like "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle."
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E.
If I Didn’t Believe in You
"If I Didn’t Believe in You" is an emotional solo number from Jason Robert Brown’s musical *The Last Five Years*, sung by the character Jamie as he struggles to justify his ambitions and his failing relationship.
- 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 Won't Believe Me Target entity description: "They Won't Believe Me" is a 1947 film noir drama about a philandering man whose web of lies and betrayals leads to murder and a tense courtroom reckoning.
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A.
They Didn't Believe Me
"They Didn't Believe Me" is a popular 1914 American song with music by Jerome Kern that became a standard in the early 20th-century repertoire.
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B.
I Could Not Believe It Was True
"I Could Not Believe It Was True" is a country song featured as one of the tracks on Willie Nelson’s concept album *Red Headed Stranger*.
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C.
Can't Believe It
"Can't Believe It" is a 2008 R&B/hip-hop single by T-Pain featuring Lil Wayne, known for its melodic Auto-Tune vocals and catchy, laid-back production.
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D.
Don't Believe the Truth
"Don't Believe the Truth" is the sixth studio album by English rock band Oasis, noted for its back-to-basics rock sound and a creative resurgence that produced hits like "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle."
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E.
If I Didn’t Believe in You
"If I Didn’t Believe in You" is an emotional solo number from Jason Robert Brown’s musical *The Last Five Years*, sung by the character Jamie as he struggles to justify his ambitions and his failing relationship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Gordon McDonell ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Don Beddoe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coulouris NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ Rita Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Harry J. Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Irving Pichel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
RKO
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Samuel E. Beetley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ greed ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| leadActor | Robert Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress |
Jane Greer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susan Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Larry Ballentine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | Production Code era ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | flashback ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | courtroom testimony ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A philandering man becomes entangled in lies, infidelity, and murder, culminating in a courtroom trial. ⓘ |
| producer | Joan Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Robert Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1947-07-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jonathan Latimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioSystemFilm | true ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: They Won't Believe Me Description of subject: "They Won't Believe Me" is a 1947 film noir drama about a philandering man whose web of lies and betrayals leads to murder and a tense courtroom reckoning.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.