The Delicate Delinquent
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The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis in his first solo role after splitting from Dean Martin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Delicate Delinquent canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285329 — 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 Delicate Delinquent Context triple: [Martha Hyer, notableWork, The Delicate Delinquent]
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A.
The Misbehavers
The Misbehavers is a comedic segment in the anthology film "Four Rooms" that follows two unruly children causing escalating chaos in a hotel room under the watch of an increasingly desperate bellhop.
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B.
The Good Girl
The Good Girl is a 2002 indie drama film starring Jennifer Aniston as a disillusioned small-town store clerk whose affair with a younger coworker upends her stagnant life.
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C.
The Girl Most Likely
The Girl Most Likely is a 1957 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film best known as the final movie produced by RKO Radio Pictures, starring Jane Powell as a young woman juggling multiple suitors.
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D.
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway is a 1976 made-for-television drama film about a troubled teenage girl who runs away to Hollywood and becomes entangled in prostitution and exploitation.
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E.
The Racketeer
The Racketeer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a wrongfully imprisoned lawyer who leverages inside knowledge of a federal judge’s murder to bargain for his freedom and revenge.
- 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 Delicate Delinquent Target entity description: The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis in his first solo role after splitting from Dean Martin.
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A.
The Misbehavers
The Misbehavers is a comedic segment in the anthology film "Four Rooms" that follows two unruly children causing escalating chaos in a hotel room under the watch of an increasingly desperate bellhop.
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B.
The Good Girl
The Good Girl is a 2002 indie drama film starring Jennifer Aniston as a disillusioned small-town store clerk whose affair with a younger coworker upends her stagnant life.
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C.
The Girl Most Likely
The Girl Most Likely is a 1957 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film best known as the final movie produced by RKO Radio Pictures, starring Jane Powell as a young woman juggling multiple suitors.
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D.
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway is a 1976 made-for-television drama film about a troubled teenage girl who runs away to Hollywood and becomes entangled in prostitution and exploitation.
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E.
The Racketeer
The Racketeer is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows a wrongfully imprisoned lawyer who leverages inside knowledge of a federal judge’s murder to bargain for his freedom and revenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| character | Sidney Pythias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Haskell B. Boggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Don McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Alma Macrorie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerformanceBy | Jerry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live-action ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Darren McGavin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horace McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Hyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasGenre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
juvenile delinquency
ⓘ
police training ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sidney Pythias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Buddy Bregman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | first solo film role of Jerry Lewis after split from Dean Martin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Jerry Lewis filmography ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Wallis Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-06-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Don McGuire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| starring |
Darren McGavin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horace McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Hyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Delicate Delinquent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1957 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Delicate Delinquent Description of subject: The Delicate Delinquent is a 1957 comedy film starring Jerry Lewis in his first solo role after splitting from Dean Martin.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jerry Lewis