The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) is an early British suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on an ordinary couple who accidentally uncover an assassination plot while on holiday.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) canonical | 19 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | 10 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film) | 7 |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 American version) | 1 |
| “The Man Who Knew Too Much” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T317479 — 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 Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) Context triple: [Peter Lorre, notableWork, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)]
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A.
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid is a popular 1976 non-fiction book by William Stevenson that chronicles the World War II espionage activities of British spymaster William Stephenson and the Allied intelligence network he led.
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B.
Treasure Island (1934 film)
Treasure Island (1934 film) is a classic adventure movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, following young Jim Hawkins on a perilous quest for pirate treasure.
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C.
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra (1934 film) is a lavish 1930s historical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the life and romances of the famed Egyptian queen.
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D.
Sleuth (1972 film)
Sleuth (1972 film) is a 1972 British mystery thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, renowned for its twist-filled cat-and-mouse game between characters played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
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E.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
- 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 Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) Target entity description: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) is an early British suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on an ordinary couple who accidentally uncover an assassination plot while on holiday.
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A.
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid is a popular 1976 non-fiction book by William Stevenson that chronicles the World War II espionage activities of British spymaster William Stephenson and the Allied intelligence network he led.
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B.
Treasure Island (1934 film)
Treasure Island (1934 film) is a classic adventure movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel, following young Jim Hawkins on a perilous quest for pirate treasure.
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C.
Cleopatra (1934 film)
Cleopatra (1934 film) is a lavish 1930s historical epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the life and romances of the famed Egyptian queen.
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D.
Sleuth (1972 film)
Sleuth (1972 film) is a 1972 British mystery thriller directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, renowned for its twist-filled cat-and-mouse game between characters played by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
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E.
Rebecca (1940 film)
Rebecca (1940 film) is a 1940 gothic romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, adapted from Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and renowned for its haunting atmosphere and Laurence Olivier’s performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| blackmailElement | Kidnapping of the couple's daughter is used to silence them about the assassination plot. ⓘ |
| castMember |
Frank Vosper
ⓘ
Hugh Wakefield ⓘ Nova Pilbeam ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ Pierre Fresnay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Curt Courant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| distributor |
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
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surface form:
Gaumont British Distributors
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| editedBy | H. R. Hyatt ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | suspense-building cross-cutting ⓘ |
| filmMovement | British cinema of the 1930s ⓘ |
| format | 35 mm film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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suspense ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
assassination
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kidnapping ⓘ ordinary people in extraordinary situations ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Edna Best
ⓘ
Leslie Banks ⓘ |
| locationOfFinalSequence | Royal Albert Hall ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Arthur Benjamin
ⓘ
Louis Levy ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | An ordinary British couple drawn into international espionage. ⓘ |
| notableFor | early example of Alfred Hitchcock's suspense style ⓘ |
| notableSceneFeature | Storm Clouds Cantata by Arthur Benjamin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfDirectorFilmography |
Alfred Hitchcock
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surface form:
Alfred Hitchcock filmography
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| plotSummary | An ordinary couple on holiday accidentally become involved in an assassination plot and their child is kidnapped to ensure their silence. ⓘ |
| producer |
Sir Michael Balcon
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surface form:
Michael Balcon
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| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| remadeAs |
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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| remakeDirector | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 75 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Bennett
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D. B. Wyndham-Lewis ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Switzerland ⓘ |
| storyBy | Charles Bennett ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) Description of subject: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film) is an early British suspense thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, centered on an ordinary couple who accidentally uncover an assassination plot while on holiday.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
subject surface form:
The Insider
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“The Man Who Knew Too Much”
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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Michael Balcon
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)
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Storm Clouds Cantata
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 American version)
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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