Cry Tough
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Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film in which Martha Hyer stars in a story about a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape a life of gang violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cry Tough canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10285330 — 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: Cry Tough Context triple: [Martha Hyer, notableWork, Cry Tough]
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A.
Cry Tough
Cry Tough is a 1976 rock album by Nils Lofgren that showcases his melodic guitar work and songwriting in the mid-1970s singer-songwriter scene.
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B.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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C.
One Last Cry
"One Last Cry" is a 1990s R&B ballad by Brian McKnight known for its emotional lyrics and powerful vocal performance.
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D.
I’m Cryin’
"I’m Cryin’" is a blues-rock song by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble from their influential 1983 debut album "Texas Flood."
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E.
Cry a While
"Cry a While" is a country song recorded by the American duo Love and Theft.
- 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: Cry Tough Target entity description: Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film in which Martha Hyer stars in a story about a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape a life of gang violence.
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A.
Cry Tough
Cry Tough is a 1976 rock album by Nils Lofgren that showcases his melodic guitar work and songwriting in the mid-1970s singer-songwriter scene.
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B.
Cryin'
"Cryin'" is a 1993 power ballad by American rock band Aerosmith, known for its blend of hard rock and emotional lyrics and its iconic music video featuring Alicia Silverstone.
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C.
One Last Cry
"One Last Cry" is a 1990s R&B ballad by Brian McKnight known for its emotional lyrics and powerful vocal performance.
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D.
I’m Cryin’
"I’m Cryin’" is a blues-rock song by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble from their influential 1983 debut album "Texas Flood."
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E.
Cry a While
"Cry a While" is a country song recorded by the American duo Love and Theft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "Cry Tough" by Horace McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sam Leavitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Paul Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Terry O. Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | young Puerto Rican man ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| follows | a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape gang life ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
social marginalization
ⓘ
struggle to escape a life of crime ⓘ urban gang culture ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Cry Tough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Puerto Rican community
ⓘ
gang violence ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leith Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Puerto Rican gangs in New York City ⓘ |
| producer | William Alland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-09-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 83 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Harry Kleiner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William P. McGivern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Dan Duryea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Calleia NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Cristal NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Hyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cry Tough Description of subject: Cry Tough is a 1959 crime drama film in which Martha Hyer stars in a story about a young Puerto Rican man's struggle to escape a life of gang violence.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.