The Hitch-Hiker
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The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir thriller about two friends held hostage by a psychopathic killer during a road trip in Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Hitch-Hiker canonical | 3 |
| The Hitchhiker | 3 |
| The Hitch-Hiker (radio adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16647915 — 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 Hitch-Hiker Context triple: [Ida Lupino, directed, The Hitch-Hiker]
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The Hitch-Hiker
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a classic early episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie tale of a woman pursued by a mysterious, seemingly omnipresent hitchhiker.
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B.
The Hitch-Hikers
"The Hitch-Hikers" is a short story by Eudora Welty that explores chance encounters and human connection in the American South.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition) is a commemorative re-release of the classic text-based adventure game based on Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy, updated to celebrate its enduring legacy.
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E.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, serving as the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series and continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
- 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 Hitch-Hiker Target entity description: The Hitch-Hiker is a 1953 American film noir thriller about two friends held hostage by a psychopathic killer during a road trip in Mexico.
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A.
The Hitch-Hiker
"The Hitch-Hiker" is a classic early episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its eerie tale of a woman pursued by a mysterious, seemingly omnipresent hitchhiker.
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B.
The Hitch-Hikers
"The Hitch-Hikers" is a short story by Eudora Welty that explores chance encounters and human connection in the American South.
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C.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
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D.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition) is a commemorative re-release of the classic text-based adventure game based on Douglas Adams's sci-fi comedy, updated to celebrate its enduring legacy.
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E.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, serving as the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series and continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Hitch-Hiker
linked to: The Hitch-Hiker
linked to: The Hitch-Hiker
linked to: The Hitch-Hiker