Will Penny
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Will Penny is a 1967 Western film starring Charlton Heston as an aging cowboy facing loneliness and change in the fading American frontier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Will Penny canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10400479 — 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: Will Penny Context triple: [Tom Gries, notableWork, Will Penny]
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A.
John Dollar
John Dollar is a novel by American author Marianne Wiggins, known for its haunting, literary exploration of colonialism, survival, and power dynamics in the early 20th century.
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B.
Paul Penney
Paul Penney was a son of American businessman and J.C. Penney founder James Cash Penney.
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C.
Jack Pennick
Jack Pennick was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in John Ford films, often portraying rugged military or frontier figures.
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D.
Bob Wiley
Bob Wiley is a neurotic but endearing patient whose obsessive dependence on his psychiatrist drives the comedic plot of the film "What About Bob?".
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E.
Payne
Payne is a small community located within Bibb County in the state of Georgia, United States.
- 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: Will Penny Target entity description: Will Penny is a 1967 Western film starring Charlton Heston as an aging cowboy facing loneliness and change in the fading American frontier.
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A.
John Dollar
John Dollar is a novel by American author Marianne Wiggins, known for its haunting, literary exploration of colonialism, survival, and power dynamics in the early 20th century.
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B.
Paul Penney
Paul Penney was a son of American businessman and J.C. Penney founder James Cash Penney.
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C.
Jack Pennick
Jack Pennick was an American character actor best known for his frequent appearances in John Ford films, often portraying rugged military or frontier figures.
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D.
Bob Wiley
Bob Wiley is a neurotic but endearing patient whose obsessive dependence on his psychiatrist drives the comedic plot of the film "What About Bob?".
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E.
Payne
Payne is a small community located within Bibb County in the state of Georgia, United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Lucien Ballard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Tom Gries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Warren Low NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Blue
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Catherine Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Preacher Quint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Alabama Hills, California
NERFINISHED
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Inyo National Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | M (original US rating) ⓘ |
| hasPosterCaption | "The Brute in Everyman Was Also in Him – And the Love and the Violence" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor | Charlton Heston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Will Penny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Raksin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | personal realism over action spectacle ⓘ |
| originalDistributor | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | aging cowboy ⓘ |
| producer | Walter Seltzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late 19th century American West ⓘ |
| starring |
Anthony Zerbe
NERFINISHED
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Ben Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruce Dern NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlton Heston NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Pleasence NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Hackett NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Majors NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim Pickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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change in the American frontier ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| writer | Tom Gries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Will Penny Description of subject: Will Penny is a 1967 Western film starring Charlton Heston as an aging cowboy facing loneliness and change in the fading American frontier.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.