Kid Glove Killer (1942 film)
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Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) is a 1942 crime drama notable as an early forensic-focused mystery from MGM, featuring Marsha Hunt in a key role alongside Van Heflin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8983325 — 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: Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) Context triple: [Marsha Hunt, notableWork, Kid Glove Killer (1942 film)]
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
The Kissing Bandit (1948 film)
The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) is a 1948 MGM musical comedy set in Spanish California, starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in a lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and romance.
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C.
Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
Dressed to Kill (1946 film) is a 1946 mystery-comedy movie featuring Nigel Bruce in a lighthearted whodunit involving murder and mistaken identities.
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D.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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E.
The Murder Men (1961 film)
The Murder Men (1961 film) is a 1961 crime drama notable as one of Dorothy Dandridge’s final screen appearances.
- 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: Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) Target entity description: Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) is a 1942 crime drama notable as an early forensic-focused mystery from MGM, featuring Marsha Hunt in a key role alongside Van Heflin.
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A.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
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B.
The Kissing Bandit (1948 film)
The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) is a 1948 MGM musical comedy set in Spanish California, starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in a lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and romance.
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C.
Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
Dressed to Kill (1946 film) is a 1946 mystery-comedy movie featuring Nigel Bruce in a lighthearted whodunit involving murder and mistaken identities.
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D.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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E.
The Murder Men (1961 film)
The Murder Men (1961 film) is a 1961 crime drama notable as one of Dorothy Dandridge’s final screen appearances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by John Larkin ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Vogel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Fred Zinnemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | George Boemler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| featuresForensicScience | true ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
corrupt politician
ⓘ
district attorney ⓘ forensic scientist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
justice
ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ scientific investigation ⓘ |
| isEarlyWorkOf | Fred Zinnemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageTrack | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Marsha Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Snell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | scientific crime detection ⓘ |
| notableAs | early forensic-focused mystery from MGM ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | MGM film catalog ⓘ |
| producer | Jack Chertok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1942-03-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 74 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Allen Rivkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | American city ⓘ |
| sound | mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Catherine Craig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cliff Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Bowman NERFINISHED ⓘ Marsha Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel S. Hinds NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | contemporary to early 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) Description of subject: Kid Glove Killer (1942 film) is a 1942 crime drama notable as an early forensic-focused mystery from MGM, featuring Marsha Hunt in a key role alongside Van Heflin.
Referenced by (1)
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