Burt Lancaster as McIntosh
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Burt Lancaster as McIntosh is the seasoned, world-weary Army scout who serves as the pragmatic and morally complex guide through the brutal frontier conflict in the 1972 Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Burt Lancaster as McIntosh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8810674 — 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: Burt Lancaster as McIntosh Context triple: [Ulzana's Raid, characterPortrayed, Burt Lancaster as McIntosh]
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Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."
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B.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
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C.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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D.
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
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E.
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone refers to Marvin’s memorable portrayal of a sadistic, hot-headed mob enforcer in the classic 1953 film noir "The Big Heat."
- 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: Burt Lancaster as McIntosh Target entity description: Burt Lancaster as McIntosh is the seasoned, world-weary Army scout who serves as the pragmatic and morally complex guide through the brutal frontier conflict in the 1972 Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
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A.
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle
Sterling Hayden as Bill Doyle is the tough, straight-arrow police detective whose marriage to Barbara Stanwyck’s character becomes the emotional and moral battleground in the 1956 film noir "Crime of Passion."
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B.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
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C.
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe
Clint Eastwood as Philo Beddoe is the tough but easygoing trucker and bare-knuckle brawler, often accompanied by his pet orangutan Clyde, in the comedic action films of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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D.
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
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E.
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone
Lee Marvin as Vince Stone refers to Marvin’s memorable portrayal of a sadistic, hot-headed mob enforcer in the classic 1953 film noir "The Big Heat."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacter
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filmCharacter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Ulzana's Raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
U.S. Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
frontier scouts ⓘ |
| characterArcFocus | confronting brutality of frontier conflict ⓘ |
| characterType |
seasoned scout
ⓘ
world-weary guide ⓘ |
| conflictContext |
U.S. Army vs. Apache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
frontier warfare ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| filmDirector | Robert Aldrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| guides | young cavalry officer ⓘ |
| hasName | McIntosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
Apache warfare tactics
ⓘ
limitations of Army command ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
cynical
ⓘ
experienced ⓘ morally complex ⓘ pragmatic ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
guide through frontier conflict
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mentor figure ⓘ moral center ⓘ |
| notableFor |
realistic depiction of a frontier scout
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subtle, understated performance by Burt Lancaster ⓘ |
| occupation | Army scout ⓘ |
| partOf | cast of Ulzana's Raid ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Burt Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American frontier ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century American West ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
cultural conflict
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moral ambiguity in war ⓘ violence on the frontier ⓘ |
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Subject: Burt Lancaster as McIntosh Description of subject: Burt Lancaster as McIntosh is the seasoned, world-weary Army scout who serves as the pragmatic and morally complex guide through the brutal frontier conflict in the 1972 Western film "Ulzana's Raid."
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