The Lost Missile
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The Lost Missile is a 1958 American science fiction film about a deadly missile threatening Earth and the desperate efforts to stop it.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Lost Missile canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lost Missile Context triple: [Robert Shayne, appearedIn, The Lost Missile]
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A.
A Missive Missile
A Missive Missile is a section from the poetry collection "A Further Range" by Robert Frost, likely featuring his characteristic reflective and metaphorical verse.
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B.
Missile Scare
Missile Scare is an alternative name for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tense 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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C.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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D.
Blind Man’s Bluff
Blind Man’s Bluff is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts aristocrats playfully engaged in a game of blind man’s buff in a lush garden setting.
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E.
Fail Safe
Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film about an accidental U.S. nuclear strike order on the Soviet Union, directed by Sidney Lumet.
- 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 Lost Missile Target entity description: The Lost Missile is a 1958 American science fiction film about a deadly missile threatening Earth and the desperate efforts to stop it.
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A.
A Missive Missile
A Missive Missile is a section from the poetry collection "A Further Range" by Robert Frost, likely featuring his characteristic reflective and metaphorical verse.
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B.
Missile Scare
Missile Scare is an alternative name for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the tense 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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C.
Blowback
Blowback is a political nonfiction book by Chalmers Johnson that critiques U.S. foreign policy and explores how American military and economic actions abroad can provoke unintended and often violent consequences.
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D.
Blind Man’s Bluff
Blind Man’s Bluff is an 18th-century Rococo painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard that depicts aristocrats playfully engaged in a game of blind man’s buff in a lush garden setting.
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E.
Fail Safe
Fail Safe is a 1964 Cold War thriller film about an accidental U.S. nuclear strike order on the Soviet Union, directed by Sidney Lumet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | William Berke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ellen Parker
NERFINISHED
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Fred Engelberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregory Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Pat O'Malley NERFINISHED ⓘ James Gavin NERFINISHED ⓘ James McCallion NERFINISHED ⓘ James Yagi NERFINISHED ⓘ John Gallaudet NERFINISHED ⓘ John Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ John MacKay NERFINISHED ⓘ John Vosper NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitty Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Dobkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Marilee Earle NERFINISHED ⓘ Orville Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Birch NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Coe NERFINISHED ⓘ Phillip Pine NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Gering NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Bice NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Loggia NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Shayne NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Selena Royle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Trout NERFINISHED ⓘ William Schallert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Dr. David Loring
NERFINISHED
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General Barr NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
Cold War anxiety
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global catastrophe ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A mysterious missile or space weapon orbits Earth, emitting intense heat and threatening global destruction while scientists and the military race to stop it. ⓘ |
| producer | William Berke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | William Berke Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 70 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jerome Bixby
NERFINISHED
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John McPartland NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Goff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
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