On the Night of the Fire
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On the Night of the Fire is a 1939 British thriller film, often regarded as an early example of film noir, starring Robert Donat as a desperate man driven to crime.
All labels observed (1)
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| On the Night of the Fire canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13104907 — 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: On the Night of the Fire Context triple: [Robert Donat, notableWork, On the Night of the Fire]
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A.
The Day on Fire
The Day on Fire is a biographical novel by James Ramsey Ullman that dramatizes the turbulent life and adventures of French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
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B.
The Night Fire
The Night Fire is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detectives Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard as they investigate a long-unsolved murder linked to Bosch’s late mentor.
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C.
To the Fire
"To the Fire" is a song featured on the album "7800° Fahrenheit" by the American rock band Bon Jovi.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers is an English title for Max Frisch’s darkly comic play about complacency and the rise of fascism, in which a seemingly respectable citizen naively harbors arsonists in his home.
- 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: On the Night of the Fire Target entity description: On the Night of the Fire is a 1939 British thriller film, often regarded as an early example of film noir, starring Robert Donat as a desperate man driven to crime.
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A.
The Day on Fire
The Day on Fire is a biographical novel by James Ramsey Ullman that dramatizes the turbulent life and adventures of French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
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B.
The Night Fire
The Night Fire is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detectives Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard as they investigate a long-unsolved murder linked to Bosch’s late mentor.
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C.
To the Fire
"To the Fire" is a song featured on the album "7800° Fahrenheit" by the American rock band Bon Jovi.
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D.
The Fire
The Fire is a Major League Soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois, known formally as Chicago Fire FC.
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E.
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers is an English title for Max Frisch’s darkly comic play about complacency and the rise of fascism, in which a seemingly respectable citizen naively harbors arsonists in his home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by F. L. Green ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Günther Krampf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Brian Desmond Hurst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Associated British Picture Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle |
expressionistic lighting
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realist location shooting ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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film noir ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Charles Merrick
NERFINISHED
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Charles Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Cellier NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Leister NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Lomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Boulton NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel George NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rene Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered | early example of film noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Will Kobling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Robert Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | W. L. Trytel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak tone
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pre-war British film noir elements ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A desperate man driven to crime becomes increasingly trapped by guilt and suspicion. ⓘ |
| producer | Walter C. Mycroft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Associated British Picture Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939-10-?? ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Roger Burford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Merrick
NERFINISHED
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Charles Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Cellier NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Leister NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Lomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Boulton NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel George NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Rene Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: On the Night of the Fire Description of subject: On the Night of the Fire is a 1939 British thriller film, often regarded as an early example of film noir, starring Robert Donat as a desperate man driven to crime.
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