Houdini (1953 film)
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Houdini (1953 film) is a 1953 biographical drama that portrays the life and legendary escape acts of magician Harry Houdini.
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| Houdini (1953 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545997 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houdini (1953 film) Context triple: [Janet Leigh, notableWork, Houdini (1953 film)]
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A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
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B.
Houdini
Houdini is most famously Harry Houdini, the early 20th-century illusionist and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and seemingly impossible escapes.
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C.
Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
"Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls" is a biographical book that chronicles the life, career, and legendary escape acts of illusionist Harry Houdini.
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D.
The Fallen Idol
The Fallen Idol is a 1948 British film noir drama directed by Carol Reed, acclaimed for its suspenseful portrayal of a young boy who unwittingly becomes entangled in an adult world of lies and murder.
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E.
The Mummy (1959 film)
The Mummy (1959 film) is a British Hammer horror movie that reimagines the classic Universal monster tale, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in a story of an ancient Egyptian curse unleashed in Victorian England.
- 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: Houdini (1953 film) Target entity description: Houdini (1953 film) is a 1953 biographical drama that portrays the life and legendary escape acts of magician Harry Houdini.
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A.
Houdini's Great Escape
Houdini's Great Escape is a haunted-house–themed illusion ride at Six Flags Great Adventure that combines theatrical effects with motion-simulation to create a disorienting escape-room experience.
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B.
Houdini
Houdini is most famously Harry Houdini, the early 20th-century illusionist and escape artist renowned for his daring stunts and seemingly impossible escapes.
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C.
Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls
"Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls" is a biographical book that chronicles the life, career, and legendary escape acts of illusionist Harry Houdini.
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D.
The Fallen Idol
The Fallen Idol is a 1948 British film noir drama directed by Carol Reed, acclaimed for its suspenseful portrayal of a young boy who unwittingly becomes entangled in an adult world of lies and murder.
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E.
The Mummy (1959 film)
The Mummy (1959 film) is a British Hammer horror movie that reimagines the classic Universal monster tale, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in a story of an ancient Egyptian curse unleashed in Victorian England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Harry Houdini ⓘ |
| castMember |
Angela Clarke
NERFINISHED
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Ian Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet Leigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ Torin Thatcher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| depictsProfession |
escape artist
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magician ⓘ |
| director | George Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arthur P. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fame
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illusion ⓘ marriage ⓘ risk ⓘ stage magic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays |
Janet Leigh as Bess Houdini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting Houdini’s escape acts
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pairing of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Harry Houdini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
stage escape performances of Harry Houdini ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter | Bess Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | George Pal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-07-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 106 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Frank Magic
NERFINISHED
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Philip Yordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| starred |
Janet Leigh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Harry Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Houdini (1953 film) Description of subject: Houdini (1953 film) is a 1953 biographical drama that portrays the life and legendary escape acts of magician Harry Houdini.
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