The Safecracker
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The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime drama film starring Ray Milland as a professional safe-breaker who becomes entangled in a dangerous wartime mission.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Safecracker canonical | 2 |
| novel “The Safecracker” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2980109 — 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 Safecracker Context triple: [Ray Milland, directed, The Safecracker]
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A.
The Steel Trap
The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
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B.
Crack the Code
"Crack the Code" is a track by the electronic music artist Evolver, known for its intricate sound design and rhythmic complexity.
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C.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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D.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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E.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
- 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 Safecracker Target entity description: The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime drama film starring Ray Milland as a professional safe-breaker who becomes entangled in a dangerous wartime mission.
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A.
The Steel Trap
The Steel Trap is a 1952 American crime thriller film starring Joseph Cotten as a bank employee who devises a plan to steal money and flee the country.
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B.
Crack the Code
"Crack the Code" is a track by the electronic music artist Evolver, known for its intricate sound design and rhythmic complexity.
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C.
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job is a 1978 crime-comedy film dramatizing the infamous 1950 Brink's armored car robbery in Boston.
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D.
The Defrauders
The Defrauders is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Mutaffifin, a chapter of the Qur’an that condemns fraudulent dealings and moral corruption.
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E.
Once a Thief
Once a Thief is a 1965 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Nelson, centered on an ex-convict struggling to go straight while being pulled back into the criminal underworld.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British crime drama film
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film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | David H. Walker ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Safecracker
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
novel “The Safecracker”
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| castMember | Ray Milland ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Geoffrey Faithfull ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Ray Milland ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Geoffrey Muller ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ |
| hasPart | wartime mission plotline ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
espionage
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safecracking ⓘ wartime sabotage ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | professional safe-breaker ⓘ |
| musicBy | Wilfred Josephs ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | John Gossage ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Merton Park Studios ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| runtime | 96 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Paxton ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| starring | Ray Milland ⓘ |
| title | The Safecracker self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Safecracker Description of subject: The Safecracker is a 1958 British crime drama film starring Ray Milland as a professional safe-breaker who becomes entangled in a dangerous wartime mission.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
novel “The Safecracker”