The Small Back Room
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The Small Back Room is a 1949 British film noir drama directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, focusing on a troubled bomb-disposal expert during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Small Back Room canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8156729 — 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 Small Back Room Context triple: [Two Cities Films, produced, The Small Back Room]
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A.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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B.
Backstairs Passage
Backstairs Passage is a narrow strait in South Australia that separates Kangaroo Island from the mainland.
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C.
The Loved One
The Loved One is a darkly comic novella by Evelyn Waugh that satirizes the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture.
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D.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
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E.
The Night Clerk
The Night Clerk is a 2020 crime drama thriller film about a socially awkward hotel clerk who becomes entangled in a murder investigation after secretly recording guests.
- 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 Small Back Room Target entity description: The Small Back Room is a 1949 British film noir drama directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, focusing on a troubled bomb-disposal expert during World War II.
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A.
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob is a classic 1951 British Ealing Studios comedy film about a timid bank clerk who masterminds a gold bullion heist.
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B.
Backstairs Passage
Backstairs Passage is a narrow strait in South Australia that separates Kangaroo Island from the mainland.
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C.
The Loved One
The Loved One is a darkly comic novella by Evelyn Waugh that satirizes the American funeral industry and Hollywood culture.
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D.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
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E.
The Night Clerk
The Night Clerk is a 2020 crime drama thriller film about a socially awkward hotel clerk who becomes entangled in a murder investigation after secretly recording guests.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Small Back Room (novel)
NERFINISHED
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novel by Nigel Balchin ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Christopher Challis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Reginald Mills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| follows | life of a troubled bomb-disposal expert ⓘ |
| genre |
film noir
ⓘ
psychological drama film ⓘ war drama film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Sammy Rice
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
alcoholism
ⓘ
bomb disposal ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ |
| musicBy | Brian Easdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
filmography of Emeric Pressburger
ⓘ
filmography of Michael Powell ⓘ |
| portrays | British scientific advisory work during World War II ⓘ |
| producer |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Archers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Emeric Pressburger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Cyril Cusack
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Farrar NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Hawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Small Back Room Description of subject: The Small Back Room is a 1949 British film noir drama directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, focusing on a troubled bomb-disposal expert during World War II.
Referenced by (1)
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