A Perfect Crime (1921 film)
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A Perfect Crime (1921 film) is a 1921 American silent crime drama directed by Joseph Aloysius Dwan, typical of early Hollywood's fascination with intrigue and moral ambiguity.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Perfect Crime (1921 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8437365 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Perfect Crime (1921 film) Context triple: [Joseph Aloysius Dwan, directed, A Perfect Crime (1921 film)]
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A.
Perfect Crime
"Perfect Crime" is a fast-paced hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
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B.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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C.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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D.
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) is a psychological crime drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, best known for featuring Peter Lorre as the tormented murderer Raskolnikov.
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E.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a landmark 1944 film noir crime drama, co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, renowned for its dark, cynical tone and influential use of voiceover and flashback in a tale of murder and insurance fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Perfect Crime (1921 film) Target entity description: A Perfect Crime (1921 film) is a 1921 American silent crime drama directed by Joseph Aloysius Dwan, typical of early Hollywood's fascination with intrigue and moral ambiguity.
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A.
Perfect Crime
"Perfect Crime" is a fast-paced hard rock song by Guns N' Roses, featured on their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
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B.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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C.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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D.
Crime and Punishment (1935 film)
Crime and Punishment (1935 film) is a psychological crime drama adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, best known for featuring Peter Lorre as the tormented murderer Raskolnikov.
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E.
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a landmark 1944 film noir crime drama, co-written and directed by Billy Wilder, renowned for its dark, cynical tone and influential use of voiceover and flashback in a tale of murder and insurance fraud.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (14)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | silent film ⓘ |
| basedInEra | silent era of American cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joseph Aloysius Dwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | silent ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Perfect Crime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
intrigue
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moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ |
| partOf | early Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| productionType | feature film ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1921 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: A Perfect Crime (1921 film) Description of subject: A Perfect Crime (1921 film) is a 1921 American silent crime drama directed by Joseph Aloysius Dwan, typical of early Hollywood's fascination with intrigue and moral ambiguity.
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