James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett
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James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
All labels observed (1)
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| James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4763945 — 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)
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Target entity: James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett Context triple: [The Roaring Twenties, featuresActor, James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett]
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Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
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B.
Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy in *On the Waterfront* is a conflicted ex-boxer and longshoreman who struggles between loyalty to corrupt union bosses and his emerging conscience, ultimately becoming a symbol of moral courage and personal redemption.
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C.
Terry Malloy
Terry Malloy is the conflicted ex-boxer and longshoreman protagonist of the film "On the Waterfront," known for his moral struggle against corruption and his iconic "I coulda been a contender" speech.
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D.
James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole
James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole is the menacing, morally corrupt porn-industry henchman and key antagonist in the dark crime thriller "8MM."
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E.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
- 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: James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett Target entity description: James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
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A.
Tom Canty
Tom Canty is the impoverished London boy who swaps identities with Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s novel "The Prince and the Pauper," highlighting themes of class and social injustice.
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B.
Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy in *On the Waterfront* is a conflicted ex-boxer and longshoreman who struggles between loyalty to corrupt union bosses and his emerging conscience, ultimately becoming a symbol of moral courage and personal redemption.
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C.
Terry Malloy
Terry Malloy is the conflicted ex-boxer and longshoreman protagonist of the film "On the Waterfront," known for his moral struggle against corruption and his iconic "I coulda been a contender" speech.
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D.
James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole
James Gandolfini as Eddie Poole is the menacing, morally corrupt porn-industry henchman and key antagonist in the dark crime thriller "8MM."
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E.
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele
Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele is the intense, world-weary screenwriter protagonist whose volatile charm and simmering menace drive the dark romantic tension and psychological ambiguity at the heart of the film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacterPortrayal
ⓘ
filmCharacterRole ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Roaring Twenties ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
AmericanDreamGoneWrong
ⓘ
disillusionmentAfterWorldWarI ⓘ impactOfProhibition ⓘ |
| characterBackground | WorldWarIVeteran ⓘ |
| characterFate | diesAtEndOfFilm ⓘ |
| characterName | Eddie Bartlett ⓘ |
| characterOccupation |
bootlegger
ⓘ
gangster ⓘ |
| characterRelationship |
friendshipWithGeorgeHally
ⓘ
romanticInterestInJeanSherman ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
fastTalking
ⓘ
tough ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
UnitedStates
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| filmDirector | Raoul Walsh ⓘ |
| filmStudio |
WarnerBros
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| firstReleaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| genre |
crimeFilm
ⓘ
gangsterFilm ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| memorableAspect |
streetwiseDialogue
ⓘ
tragicFinalScene ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | riseAndFallOfGangster ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconicGangsterPerformance
ⓘ
portrayalOfProhibitionUnderworld ⓘ |
| partOf | classicHollywoodGangsterCycle ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | James Cagney ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
AngelsWithDirtyFaces
ⓘ
ThePublicEnemy ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | ProhibitionEra ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett Description of subject: James Cagney as Eddie Bartlett is the tough, fast-talking World War I veteran turned Prohibition-era bootlegger and gangster he portrays in the classic crime film "The Roaring Twenties."
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