The Twisted Road
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The Twisted Road is an alternative title for the 1948 American film noir "They Live by Night," a crime drama about a young fugitive couple on the run.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Twisted Road canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5286726 — 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 Twisted Road Context triple: [They Live by Night, hasAlternativeTitle, The Twisted Road]
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A.
The Crooked Way
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.
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B.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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C.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
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D.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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E.
Desolation Road
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
- 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 Twisted Road Target entity description: The Twisted Road is an alternative title for the 1948 American film noir "They Live by Night," a crime drama about a young fugitive couple on the run.
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A.
The Crooked Way
The Crooked Way is a 1949 American film noir crime drama about an amnesiac war veteran drawn into a violent criminal underworld.
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B.
Devil’s Road
Devil’s Road is an album by the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric sound and literate songwriting.
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C.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
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D.
Sunken Road
Sunken Road, later known as Bloody Lane, was a crucial defensive position and the site of some of the fiercest fighting during the American Civil War’s Battle of Antietam.
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E.
Desolation Road
Desolation Road is a science fiction novel by Ian McDonald that follows the intertwined lives of settlers in a strange, isolated town on a terraformed Mars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleOf | They Live by Night ⓘ |
| author | Edward Anderson ⓘ |
| basedOn | Thieves Like Us ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George E. Diskant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Nicholas Ray ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Sherman Todd ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | American film noir ⓘ |
| genre | crime drama film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young fugitive couple on the run ⓘ |
| originalTitle | They Live by Night ⓘ |
| producer | John Houseman ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Schnee
ⓘ
Nicholas Ray ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Great Depression era
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
|
| starring |
Cathy O'Donnell
ⓘ
Farley Granger ⓘ Howard Da Silva ⓘ Jay C. Flippen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Twisted Road Description of subject: The Twisted Road is an alternative title for the 1948 American film noir "They Live by Night," a crime drama about a young fugitive couple on the run.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.