The Barefoot Mailman
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The Barefoot Mailman is a 1951 adventure-comedy film starring Terry Moore, set in late 19th-century Florida and centered on the perilous coastal mail route once traveled on foot.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Barefoot Mailman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329687 — 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 Barefoot Mailman Context triple: [Terry Moore, notableWork, The Barefoot Mailman]
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A.
The Barefoot Boy
The Barefoot Boy is a well-known pastoral poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically celebrates the freedom and innocence of rural childhood.
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B.
Please Mr. Postman
"Please Mr. Postman" is a popular song famously covered by the Carpenters, whose soft rock rendition became a major international hit in the 1970s.
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C.
Please, Mister Postman
"Please, Mister Postman" is a political memoir by British Labour politician Alan Johnson, recounting his early life and experiences working as a postman.
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D.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
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E.
The Postman
The Postman is a 1997 post-apocalyptic drama film set in a dystopian future United States, in which a drifter becomes a symbol of hope and rebuilding for scattered communities.
- 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 Barefoot Mailman Target entity description: The Barefoot Mailman is a 1951 adventure-comedy film starring Terry Moore, set in late 19th-century Florida and centered on the perilous coastal mail route once traveled on foot.
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A.
The Barefoot Boy
The Barefoot Boy is a well-known pastoral poem by John Greenleaf Whittier that nostalgically celebrates the freedom and innocence of rural childhood.
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B.
Please Mr. Postman
"Please Mr. Postman" is a popular song famously covered by the Carpenters, whose soft rock rendition became a major international hit in the 1970s.
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C.
Please, Mister Postman
"Please, Mister Postman" is a political memoir by British Labour politician Alan Johnson, recounting his early life and experiences working as a postman.
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D.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
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E.
The Postman
The Postman is a 1997 post-apocalyptic drama film set in a dystopian future United States, in which a drifter becomes a symbol of hope and rebuilding for scattered communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Barefoot Mailman (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Theodore Pratt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Lawton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts | 19th-century mail delivery in Florida ⓘ |
| director | Earl McEvoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Aaron Stell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | live action ⓘ |
| genre | adventure comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacterOccupation | mail carrier ⓘ |
| historicalBasis | real barefoot mailman route in Florida ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeGenre | romantic adventure comedy ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United States Post Office coastal route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotFocus | perilous coastal mail route traveled on foot ⓘ |
| producer | Columbia Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 83 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy |
Herbert Margolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis Morheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Florida east coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Jerome Courtland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Cummings NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Geer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | barefoot mailman ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Barefoot Mailman Description of subject: The Barefoot Mailman is a 1951 adventure-comedy film starring Terry Moore, set in late 19th-century Florida and centered on the perilous coastal mail route once traveled on foot.
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