Night Passage
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Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy, known for its story of a former railroad man confronting an outlaw gang.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Night Passage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10193673 — 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: Night Passage Context triple: [Frederic Knudtson, notableWork, Night Passage]
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A.
Babel Tower
"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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B.
Night of the Murdered Poets
Night of the Murdered Poets was the 1952 Stalinist purge and execution of prominent Soviet Yiddish writers and Jewish intellectuals in Moscow, marking a brutal climax of state-sponsored antisemitism in the USSR.
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C.
Night Journey
The Night Journey is the miraculous nocturnal voyage of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through the heavens, commemorated in Islamic tradition as a pivotal spiritual and theological event.
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D.
Night Journey
"Night Journey" is a landmark modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham that reimagines the Oedipus myth from Jocasta’s psychological perspective.
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E.
The Night Porter
The Night Porter is a controversial 1974 Italian psychological drama film that explores a sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi officer and a concentration camp survivor, noted for its provocative themes and Charlotte Rampling’s haunting performance.
- 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: Night Passage Target entity description: Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy, known for its story of a former railroad man confronting an outlaw gang.
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A.
Babel Tower
"Babel Tower" is a 1996 novel by A. S. Byatt that intricately weaves themes of language, law, and personal freedom within a richly detailed portrayal of 1960s England.
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B.
Night of the Murdered Poets
Night of the Murdered Poets was the 1952 Stalinist purge and execution of prominent Soviet Yiddish writers and Jewish intellectuals in Moscow, marking a brutal climax of state-sponsored antisemitism in the USSR.
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C.
Night Journey
The Night Journey is the miraculous nocturnal voyage of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through the heavens, commemorated in Islamic tradition as a pivotal spiritual and theological event.
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D.
Night Journey
"Night Journey" is a landmark modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham that reimagines the Oedipus myth from Jocasta’s psychological perspective.
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E.
The Night Porter
The Night Porter is a controversial 1974 Italian psychological drama film that explores a sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi officer and a concentration camp survivor, noted for its provocative themes and Charlotte Rampling’s haunting performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| antagonistCharacter | The Utica Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistPortrayedBy | Audie Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Night Passage (unpublished story by Norman A. Fox) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | James Neilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributor | Universal-International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasMusicPerformanceBy | James Stewart (accordion) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family conflict
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loyalty ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Grant McLaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | motion picture ⓘ |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Dimitri Tiomkin musical score
ⓘ
pairing of James Stewart and Audie Murphy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A former railroad man is hired to secretly transport a payroll and confronts an outlaw gang led by his estranged younger brother. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Aaron Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal-International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionType | live-action ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-07-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenAspectRatio | 2.35:1 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Borden Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| starring |
Audie Murphy
NERFINISHED
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Brandon deWilde NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan Duryea NERFINISHED ⓘ Dianne Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Elaine Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Jay C. Flippen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Night Passage Description of subject: Night Passage is a 1957 American Western film starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy, known for its story of a former railroad man confronting an outlaw gang.
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