The Bad Man (1941 film)
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The Bad Man (1941 film) is a 1941 American Western comedy-drama featuring Wallace Beery as a notorious bandit whose antics entangle him with ranchers and bankers on the Mexican border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Bad Man (1941 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4490524 — 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 Bad Man (1941 film) Context triple: [Wallace Beery, performedIn, The Bad Man (1941 film)]
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A.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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B.
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its gritty portrayal of police corruption and moral vengeance.
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C.
Jesse James (1939 film)
Jesse James (1939 film) is a 1939 American Western movie dramatizing the life and legend of outlaw Jesse James, noted for its Technicolor cinematography and starring performances by Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.
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D.
The Highwayman (1951 film)
The Highwayman (1951 film) is a 1951 adventure drama centered on a romanticized English outlaw, featuring Wanda Hendrix in a leading role.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Bad Man (1941 film) Target entity description: The Bad Man (1941 film) is a 1941 American Western comedy-drama featuring Wallace Beery as a notorious bandit whose antics entangle him with ranchers and bankers on the Mexican border.
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A.
The Outlaw (1943 film)
The Outlaw (1943 film) is a controversial 1943 Western directed and produced by Howard Hughes, best known for its provocative portrayal of Billy the Kid and its then-scandalous emphasis on star Jane Russell.
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B.
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its gritty portrayal of police corruption and moral vengeance.
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C.
Jesse James (1939 film)
Jesse James (1939 film) is a 1939 American Western movie dramatizing the life and legend of outlaw Jesse James, noted for its Technicolor cinematography and starring performances by Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda.
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D.
The Highwayman (1951 film)
The Highwayman (1951 film) is a 1951 adventure drama centered on a romanticized English outlaw, featuring Wanda Hendrix in a leading role.
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E.
The Man from Painted Post
The Man from Painted Post is a 1917 American silent Western film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a cowboy who becomes entangled in romance and adventure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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Western film ⓘ comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Bad Man (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Bad Man (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Ralph Spence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Gil Jones
NERFINISHED
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Lucia NERFINISHED ⓘ Morgan Pell NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancho Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Leonard Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Richard Thorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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comedy-drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Passed (Production Code era) ⓘ |
| isRemakeOf | The Bad Man (1930 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActor | Wallace Beery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ranchers and bankers entangled with a notorious bandit ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | Wallace Beery as Pancho Lopez ⓘ |
| producer | J. Walter Ruben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | April 11, 1941 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 70 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Harold Buckley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wells Root NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Mexican border ⓘ |
| stars |
Chill Wills
NERFINISHED
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Henry Travers NERFINISHED ⓘ Laraine Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Beery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Bad Man (1941 film) Description of subject: The Bad Man (1941 film) is a 1941 American Western comedy-drama featuring Wallace Beery as a notorious bandit whose antics entangle him with ranchers and bankers on the Mexican border.
Referenced by (1)
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