The Prowler
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The Prowler is a 1951 film noir thriller in which Van Heflin plays a corrupt police officer drawn into a deadly scheme involving lust, greed, and murder.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Prowler canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10310833 — 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 Prowler Context triple: [Van Heflin, notableWork, The Prowler]
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A.
The Night the Prowler
The Night the Prowler is a 1978 Australian dark comedy film directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White, adapted from White’s short story of the same name.
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B.
Prowlers
Prowlers is the short name for the Port Huron Prowlers, a professional ice hockey team based in Port Huron, Michigan.
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C.
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is an American late-1980s crime drama television series centered on a former police detective who becomes a radio talk-show host tackling crime and social issues on the air.
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D.
The Steel Trap
The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
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E.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
- 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 Prowler Target entity description: The Prowler is a 1951 film noir thriller in which Van Heflin plays a corrupt police officer drawn into a deadly scheme involving lust, greed, and murder.
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A.
The Night the Prowler
The Night the Prowler is a 1978 Australian dark comedy film directed by Jim Sharman and written by Patrick White, adapted from White’s short story of the same name.
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B.
Prowlers
Prowlers is the short name for the Port Huron Prowlers, a professional ice hockey team based in Port Huron, Michigan.
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C.
Midnight Caller
Midnight Caller is an American late-1980s crime drama television series centered on a former police detective who becomes a radio talk-show host tackling crime and social issues on the air.
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D.
The Steel Trap
The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
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E.
Night Stalker
Night Stalker is a short-lived 2005 American supernatural crime drama television series, loosely inspired by the 1970s show Kolchak: The Night Stalker, in which Gabrielle Union co-starred.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Arthur C. Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Joseph Losey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arthur H. Nadel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Emerson Treacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Evelyn Keyes NERFINISHED ⓘ John Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Webb Garwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Lyn Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | police corruption and crime of passion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo’s uncredited work
ⓘ
critique of American middle-class aspirations ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | corrupt police officer ⓘ |
| producer | Sam Spiegel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Horizon Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1951-05-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dalton Trumbo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hugo Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Emerson Treacy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Evelyn Keyes NERFINISHED ⓘ John Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Heflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Robert Thoeren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
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greed ⓘ lust ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ murder ⓘ |
| title | The Prowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Prowler Description of subject: The Prowler is a 1951 film noir thriller in which Van Heflin plays a corrupt police officer drawn into a deadly scheme involving lust, greed, and murder.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.