The Charge at Feather River
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The Charge at Feather River is a 1953 Western film best known for popularizing the iconic “Wilhelm scream” sound effect.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Charge at Feather River canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9392376 — 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: The Charge at Feather River Context triple: [Guy Madison, filmographyIncludes, The Charge at Feather River]
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A.
Gun Battle at Monterey
Gun Battle at Monterey is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden as a fugitive outlaw entangled in betrayal and pursuit along the California coast.
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B.
Battle for the Fremont Cannon
The Battle for the Fremont Cannon is a college football rivalry game between the Nevada Wolf Pack and UNLV, with the winner claiming a symbolic, historically themed cannon trophy.
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C.
Sheridan’s Ride
"Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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D.
Blood on the Valley Floor
"Blood on the Valley Floor" is a heavy, brooding rock song by Soundgarden from their 2012 reunion album *King Animal*, noted for its dark atmosphere and sludgy riffs.
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E.
Seven Men at Daybreak
Seven Men at Daybreak is a historical account by Alan Burgess that chronicles the real-life Czechoslovak resistance operation to assassinate Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
- 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 Charge at Feather River Target entity description: The Charge at Feather River is a 1953 Western film best known for popularizing the iconic “Wilhelm scream” sound effect.
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A.
Gun Battle at Monterey
Gun Battle at Monterey is a 1957 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden as a fugitive outlaw entangled in betrayal and pursuit along the California coast.
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B.
Battle for the Fremont Cannon
The Battle for the Fremont Cannon is a college football rivalry game between the Nevada Wolf Pack and UNLV, with the winner claiming a symbolic, historically themed cannon trophy.
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C.
Sheridan’s Ride
"Sheridan’s Ride" is a famous American Civil War poem by Thomas Buchanan Read that celebrates General Philip Sheridan’s dramatic horseback dash to rally his troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
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D.
Blood on the Valley Floor
"Blood on the Valley Floor" is a heavy, brooding rock song by Soundgarden from their 2012 reunion album *King Animal*, noted for its dark atmosphere and sludgy riffs.
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E.
Seven Men at Daybreak
Seven Men at Daybreak is a historical account by Alan Burgess that chronicles the real-life Czechoslovak resistance operation to assassinate Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| associatedWith | history of cinematic sound effects ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by James R. Webb ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | J. Peverell Marley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | WarnerColor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Gordon Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | James Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | Wilhelm scream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | California (various outdoor locations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | stereoscopic 3D ⓘ |
| format | 3D film ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasPoster | theatrical release poster ⓘ |
| hasSound | mono ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sgt. Miles W. Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Max Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | U.S. Cavalry mission to rescue two sisters from Native American captors ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the Wilhelm scream sound effect ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | cycle of early 1950s 3D Westerns ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Frank Lovejoy as Sgt. Charlie Baker
NERFINISHED
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Guy Madison as Sgt. Miles W. Donovan ⓘ Helen Westcott as Anne McKeever ⓘ Vera Miles as Jennie McKeever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Weisbart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1953-07-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James R. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundEffectUsage | repeated use of the Wilhelm scream in battle scenes ⓘ |
| starred |
Dick Wesson
NERFINISHED
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Frank Lovejoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Madison NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Westcott NERFINISHED ⓘ James Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Ansara NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Brodie NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
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Subject: The Charge at Feather River Description of subject: The Charge at Feather River is a 1953 Western film best known for popularizing the iconic “Wilhelm scream” sound effect.
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