The Bribe
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The Bribe is a 1949 film noir crime drama starring Robert Taylor as a federal agent entangled in corruption and moral conflict while investigating a wartime black-market ring in a Central American island.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bribe canonical | 2 |
| The Bribe (1949 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392277 — 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 Bribe Context triple: [Robert Taylor, notableWork, The Bribe]
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A.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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B.
L’Affaire
L’Affaire is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirizes American and European cultural clashes through a mystery set in the French Alps.
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C.
Blackmail
Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, often cited as one of the first successful sound films and an early example of his suspenseful style.
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D.
The Spoils
The Spoils is a darkly comedic stage play by Jesse Eisenberg that explores privilege, insecurity, and fractured relationships among young urban adults.
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E.
The Big Steal
The Big Steal is a 1990 Australian teen crime-comedy film about a young man who schemes to impress a girl by upgrading his car, only to get entangled in a used-car dealer’s dodgy dealings.
- 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 Bribe Target entity description: The Bribe is a 1949 film noir crime drama starring Robert Taylor as a federal agent entangled in corruption and moral conflict while investigating a wartime black-market ring in a Central American island.
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A.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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B.
L’Affaire
L’Affaire is a comic novel by Diane Johnson that satirizes American and European cultural clashes through a mystery set in the French Alps.
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C.
Blackmail
Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, often cited as one of the first successful sound films and an early example of his suspenseful style.
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D.
The Spoils
The Spoils is a darkly comedic stage play by Jesse Eisenberg that explores privilege, insecurity, and fractured relationships among young urban adults.
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E.
The Big Steal
The Big Steal is a 1990 Australian teen crime-comedy film about a young man who schemes to impress a girl by upgrading his car, only to get entangled in a used-car dealer’s dodgy dealings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Frederick Nebel ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy Ava Gardner | Elizabeth Hintten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy Charles Laughton | J. J. Bealer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy John Hodiak | Carver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy Robert Taylor | Rigby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPlayedBy Vincent Price | Carwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph Ruttenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Z. Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | George White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| hasNarration | true ⓘ |
| leadActor | Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Ava Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rigby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | federal agent ⓘ |
| MPAARating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | late-1940s MGM film noir style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A federal agent investigates a wartime black-market ring on a Central American island and becomes entangled in corruption and moral conflict. ⓘ |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-01-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Marguerite Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | fictional Central American island ⓘ |
| starring |
Ava Gardner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fernando Lamas NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hodiak NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
black-market crime
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | World War II era ⓘ |
| title | The Bribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The Bribe (1949 film)