Umney's Last Case

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"Umney's Last Case" is a television adaptation of a Stephen King short story about a hard-boiled detective who discovers his world is being rewritten by the author who created him.

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Umney's Last Case (short story) 2
Umney's Last Case canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
short story ⓘ
television film ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Stephen King ⓘ
basedOn Umney's Last Case (short story) ⓘ
linked to: Umney's Last Case
characterType hard-boiled detective ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
distributionFormat broadcast television ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
hasAuthor Stephen King ⓘ
hasSetting mid-20th-century detective fiction milieu ⓘ
noir-style city ⓘ
hasSourceCollection Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King ⓘ
includedInCollection Nightmares & Dreamscapes ⓘ
mainCharacter Clyde Umney ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeDevice metafiction ⓘ
story within a story ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfFranchise Stephen King television adaptations ⓘ
plotElement author rewrites the detective's world ⓘ
fictional detective discovers he is a character in a story ⓘ
theme creator and creation relationship ⓘ
identity and free will ⓘ
loss of control over reality ⓘ
power of authorship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King → basedOnWork → Umney's Last Case (short story) ⓘ
linked to: Umney's Last Case
Umney's Last Case → basedOn → Umney's Last Case (short story) ⓘ
linked to: Umney's Last Case