There Was a Crooked Man...
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"There Was a Crooked Man..." is a 1970 Western black comedy film co-written by David Newman that subverts traditional genre tropes through its darkly humorous take on crime and morality in the Old West.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| There Was a Crooked Man... canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9825604 — 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)
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Target entity: There Was a Crooked Man... Context triple: [David Newman, notableWork, There Was a Crooked Man...]
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A.
There Was a Crooked Man
"There Was a Crooked Man" is a British comedy film featuring Norman Wisdom in one of his characteristic comic roles.
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B.
Day of the Badman
Day of the Badman is a 1958 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a principled judge facing down outlaws to uphold justice in a frontier town.
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C.
Crooks
Crooks is the African American stable hand in John Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men," whose isolation and experiences of racism highlight the themes of loneliness and social injustice.
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D.
Crooks
Crooks is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- 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: There Was a Crooked Man... Target entity description: "There Was a Crooked Man..." is a 1970 Western black comedy film co-written by David Newman that subverts traditional genre tropes through its darkly humorous take on crime and morality in the Old West.
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A.
There Was a Crooked Man
"There Was a Crooked Man" is a British comedy film featuring Norman Wisdom in one of his characteristic comic roles.
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B.
Day of the Badman
Day of the Badman is a 1958 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a principled judge facing down outlaws to uphold justice in a frontier town.
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C.
Crooks
Crooks is the African American stable hand in John Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men," whose isolation and experiences of racism highlight the themes of loneliness and social injustice.
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D.
Crooks
Crooks is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including figures in politics, sports, and the arts.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Harry Stradling Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color ⓘ |
| composer | Charles Strouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National General Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Ralph Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | Panavision NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
black comedy ⓘ crime film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ greed ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Paris Pitman Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Woodward W. Lopeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
corruption
ⓘ
crime ⓘ morality ⓘ prison escape ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
darkly humorous tone
ⓘ
subverts traditional Western genre tropes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Wise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| runtime | 126 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
David Newman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Arizona Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Hale Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Arthur O'Connell NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgess Meredith NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Hume Cronyn NERFINISHED ⓘ John Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Gabel NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Blodgett NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: There Was a Crooked Man... Description of subject: "There Was a Crooked Man..." is a 1970 Western black comedy film co-written by David Newman that subverts traditional genre tropes through its darkly humorous take on crime and morality in the Old West.
Referenced by (4)
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