The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1956 American drama film, based on Sloan Wilson’s novel, that critiques postwar corporate culture and the pressures of conformist suburban life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit canonical | 6 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956 film) | 1 |
| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (screenplay) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8500525 — 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 Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Context triple: [Gigi Perreau, notableWork, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit]
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A.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day is a novella by Saul Bellow that follows a day in the life of a failed salesman confronting personal and financial ruin in mid-20th-century New York.
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B.
Being There
Being There is a 1979 satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers as a simple-minded gardener whose naive remarks are mistaken for profound wisdom in American political circles.
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C.
Being There
"Being There" is a critically acclaimed 1996 double album by the American alternative rock band Wilco, showcasing Jeff Tweedy's expansive songwriting and blending alt-country with experimental rock.
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D.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1961 novel by John Steinbeck that explores moral decline and the corrupting influence of the American pursuit of success through the story of a disillusioned Long Island man.
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E.
Goodbye, Columbus
"Goodbye, Columbus" is a 1959 novella and story collection by Philip Roth that satirically explores Jewish-American identity, class, and assimilation in postwar America.
- 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 Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Target entity description: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1956 American drama film, based on Sloan Wilson’s novel, that critiques postwar corporate culture and the pressures of conformist suburban life.
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A.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day is a novella by Saul Bellow that follows a day in the life of a failed salesman confronting personal and financial ruin in mid-20th-century New York.
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B.
Being There
Being There is a 1979 satirical comedy-drama film starring Peter Sellers as a simple-minded gardener whose naive remarks are mistaken for profound wisdom in American political circles.
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C.
Being There
"Being There" is a critically acclaimed 1996 double album by the American alternative rock band Wilco, showcasing Jeff Tweedy's expansive songwriting and blending alt-country with experimental rock.
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D.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1961 novel by John Steinbeck that explores moral decline and the corrupting influence of the American pursuit of success through the story of a disillusioned Long Island man.
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E.
Goodbye, Columbus
"Goodbye, Columbus" is a 1959 novella and story collection by Philip Roth that satirically explores Jewish-American identity, class, and assimilation in postwar America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Sloan Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Charles G. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dorothy Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | Color ⓘ |
| filmColorProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Gray_Flannel_Suit_(film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorCharacter |
Fredric March as Ralph Hopkins
NERFINISHED
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Gregory Peck as Tom Rath NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jones as Betsy Rath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Tom Rath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of postwar corporate culture
ⓘ
depiction of suburban conformity ⓘ |
| novelAuthor | Sloan Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| portrays |
conformist suburban life
ⓘ
postwar corporate culture ⓘ |
| producer | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1956-04-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 153 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| sourceWorkPublicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Harding
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur O’Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fredric March NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ Jennifer Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Keenan Wynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee J. Cobb NERFINISHED ⓘ Marisa Pavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corporate conformity
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psychological effects of war ⓘ suburban middle-class anxiety ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (screenplay)
this entity surface form:
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956 film)