Kansas City Confidential (1952 film)
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Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the real culprits to clear his name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9152182 — 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: Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) Context triple: [Edward Small Productions, notableWork, Kansas City Confidential (1952 film)]
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A.
The Killing (1956 film)
The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.
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B.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film directed by Otto Preminger, renowned for its realistic legal proceedings and exploration of moral ambiguity.
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C.
McLintock! (1963 film)
McLintock! (1963 film) is a 1963 Western comedy starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara that parodies The Taming of the Shrew against the backdrop of frontier family and land disputes.
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D.
The Glass Key (1942 film)
The Glass Key (1942 film) is a classic 1940s American film noir crime drama, based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel, known for its intricate political intrigue and hard-boiled style.
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E.
The Naked City
The Naked City is a 1948 American film noir crime drama celebrated for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in New York City.
- 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: Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) Target entity description: Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the real culprits to clear his name.
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A.
The Killing (1956 film)
The Killing (1956 film) is a 1956 American film noir crime thriller directed by Stanley Kubrick that follows a meticulously planned racetrack heist and its unraveling.
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B.
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama film directed by Otto Preminger, renowned for its realistic legal proceedings and exploration of moral ambiguity.
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C.
McLintock! (1963 film)
McLintock! (1963 film) is a 1963 Western comedy starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara that parodies The Taming of the Shrew against the backdrop of frontier family and land disputes.
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D.
The Glass Key (1942 film)
The Glass Key (1942 film) is a classic 1940s American film noir crime drama, based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel, known for its intricate political intrigue and hard-boiled style.
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E.
The Naked City
The Naked City is a 1948 American film noir crime drama celebrated for its semi-documentary style and on-location shooting in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Secret Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| castMember |
Coleen Gray
NERFINISHED
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Donna Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ John Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Van Cleef NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificate | United States: Approved ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George E. Diskant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | monochrome ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Phil Karlson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| editedBy | Buddy Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood era ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
Kansas City
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
framing and wrongful accusation
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identity concealment ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| leadActor | John Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Coleen Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joe Rolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Sawtell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex heist plot with masked robbers whose identities are hidden from each other
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influential example of 1950s American film noir ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An ex-con is framed for an armored car robbery and hunts down the real culprits to clear his name. ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Edward Small Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | ex-convict ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-11-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Bruce
NERFINISHED
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Harry Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Harold Greene
NERFINISHED
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Rowland Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Kansas City Confidential NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kansas City Confidential (1952 film) Description of subject: Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the real culprits to clear his name.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.