The Spiral Road (1962 film)
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The Spiral Road is a 1962 adventure drama film starring Burl Ives and Rock Hudson, set in the Dutch East Indies and centered on a young doctor’s moral and spiritual journey in the jungle.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Spiral Road (1962 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10810111 — 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)
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Target entity: The Spiral Road (1962 film) Context triple: [Burl Ives, notableWork, The Spiral Road (1962 film)]
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The Journey (1959 film)
The Journey (1959 film) is a Cold War-era drama set in Soviet-occupied Hungary, best known for starring Yul Brynner alongside Deborah Kerr in a tense story of Western travelers trying to escape to freedom.
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Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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C.
The Sky Road
The Sky Road is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends political intrigue, alternate history, and spacefaring futures within his Fall Revolution universe.
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D.
The Spiral Path
The Spiral Path is a fantasy series centered on the journey and battles of a warrior protagonist in a mystical, perilous world.
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E.
Saturn Boulevard
Saturn Boulevard is a primary thoroughfare in the Nestor neighborhood of San Diego, California, serving as a key local connector for traffic and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spiral Road (1962 film) Target entity description: The Spiral Road is a 1962 adventure drama film starring Burl Ives and Rock Hudson, set in the Dutch East Indies and centered on a young doctor’s moral and spiritual journey in the jungle.
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A.
The Journey (1959 film)
The Journey (1959 film) is a Cold War-era drama set in Soviet-occupied Hungary, best known for starring Yul Brynner alongside Deborah Kerr in a tense story of Western travelers trying to escape to freedom.
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B.
Zig Zag Road
Zig Zag Road is a steep, winding hill road on Box Hill in Surrey, England, famed for its scenic views and use in major cycling events such as the London 2012 Olympic road race.
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C.
The Sky Road
The Sky Road is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod that blends political intrigue, alternate history, and spacefaring futures within his Fall Revolution universe.
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D.
The Spiral Path
The Spiral Path is a fantasy series centered on the journey and battles of a warrior protagonist in a mystical, perilous world.
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E.
Saturn Boulevard
Saturn Boulevard is a primary thoroughfare in the Nestor neighborhood of San Diego, California, serving as a key local connector for traffic and commerce.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| aspectOf | medical drama ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Jan de Hartog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel The Spiral Road ⓘ |
| castMember |
Burl Ives
NERFINISHED
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Ellen Corby NERFINISHED ⓘ Gena Rowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Geoffrey Keen NERFINISHED ⓘ James Westerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ John Wengraf NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Brodie NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Neva Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Ahn NERFINISHED ⓘ Reggie Nalder NERFINISHED ⓘ Rock Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character | Dr. Brits Jansen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedBy | Burl Ives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Russell Metty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Eastmancolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Robert Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Universal Pictures
ⓘ
Universal-International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Russell F. Schoengarth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
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| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
faith
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personal redemption ⓘ science versus superstition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Anton Drager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
young doctor’s moral journey
ⓘ
young doctor’s spiritual journey ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Rock Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s films ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 139 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Lee Mahin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Dutch East Indies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
jungle ⓘ |
| title | The Spiral Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Spiral Road (1962 film) Description of subject: The Spiral Road is a 1962 adventure drama film starring Burl Ives and Rock Hudson, set in the Dutch East Indies and centered on a young doctor’s moral and spiritual journey in the jungle.
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