The Laughing Policeman
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The Laughing Policeman is a 1973 American crime thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, adapted from the Swedish novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö and starring Walter Matthau as a weary San Francisco detective investigating a mass murder on a city bus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Laughing Policeman canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19002828 — 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: The Laughing Policeman Context triple: [Stuart Rosenberg, notableWork, The Laughing Policeman]
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A.
The Sentimental Policeman
The Sentimental Policeman is a 1992 Ukrainian absurdist tragicomedy film by director Kira Muratova, known for its surreal narrative style and exploration of post-Soviet social realities.
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B.
The Laughing Man
The Laughing Man is a short story by J.D. Salinger that follows a youth baseball team whose enigmatic coach captivates them with a darkly evolving adventure tale about a disfigured outlaw hero.
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C.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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D.
Sergeant Cuff
Sergeant Cuff is a shrewd and methodical detective in Wilkie Collins’s novel "The Moonstone," noted for his calm demeanor and pioneering role in early detective fiction.
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E.
The Policeman’s Lineage
The Policeman’s Lineage is a South Korean crime thriller film that follows two morally conflicted detectives entangled in a high-stakes corruption investigation within the police force.
- 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 Laughing Policeman Target entity description: The Laughing Policeman is a 1973 American crime thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, adapted from the Swedish novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö and starring Walter Matthau as a weary San Francisco detective investigating a mass murder on a city bus.
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A.
The Sentimental Policeman
The Sentimental Policeman is a 1992 Ukrainian absurdist tragicomedy film by director Kira Muratova, known for its surreal narrative style and exploration of post-Soviet social realities.
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B.
The Laughing Man
The Laughing Man is a short story by J.D. Salinger that follows a youth baseball team whose enigmatic coach captivates them with a darkly evolving adventure tale about a disfigured outlaw hero.
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C.
Supernumerary Police
The Supernumerary Police were an auxiliary paramilitary police force in Mandatory Palestine, composed largely of Jewish recruits and used by the British authorities for security and counterinsurgency duties.
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D.
Sergeant Cuff
Sergeant Cuff is a shrewd and methodical detective in Wilkie Collins’s novel "The Moonstone," noted for his calm demeanor and pioneering role in early detective fiction.
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E.
The Policeman’s Lineage
The Policeman’s Lineage is a South Korean crime thriller film that follows two morally conflicted detectives entangled in a high-stakes corruption investigation within the police force.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.