The Deceivers
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The Deceivers is a 1988 British-Indian period drama film about British officer William Savage infiltrating a murderous Thuggee cult in 1820s India, directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Pierce Brosnan.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Deceivers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5579428 — 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 Deceivers Context triple: [Tony Pierce-Roberts, notableWork, The Deceivers]
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A.
Shield of Lies
Shield of Lies is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, forming the second book of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and exploring political intrigue and military conflict in the New Republic era.
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B.
The Less Deceived
The Less Deceived is a 1955 poetry collection by Philip Larkin that established his reputation for bleakly realistic, formally controlled verse about postwar English life.
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C.
Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor is a contemporary spy novel by John le Carré that follows an ordinary British couple drawn into the dangerous world of Russian money laundering and international espionage.
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D.
Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores family secrets and social class through the story of a white woman who discovers her biological daughter is Black.
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E.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
- 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 Deceivers Target entity description: The Deceivers is a 1988 British-Indian period drama film about British officer William Savage infiltrating a murderous Thuggee cult in 1820s India, directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Pierce Brosnan.
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A.
Shield of Lies
Shield of Lies is a Star Wars Expanded Universe novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, forming the second book of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy and exploring political intrigue and military conflict in the New Republic era.
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B.
The Less Deceived
The Less Deceived is a 1955 poetry collection by Philip Larkin that established his reputation for bleakly realistic, formally controlled verse about postwar English life.
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C.
Our Kind of Traitor
Our Kind of Traitor is a contemporary spy novel by John le Carré that follows an ordinary British couple drawn into the dangerous world of Russian money laundering and international espionage.
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D.
Secrets & Lies
Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British drama film directed by Mike Leigh that explores family secrets and social class through the story of a white woman who discovers her biological daughter is Black.
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E.
The Imposture
The Imposture is a Caroline-era stage play by English dramatist James Shirley, known as one of his notable comedies of intrigue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | John Ralph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Deceivers (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | John Masters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterIn | William Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Walter Lassally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Jenny Beavan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
India
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British Raj
NERFINISHED
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Thuggee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Nicholas Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | MGM/UA Communications Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tony Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
India
NERFINISHED
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Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | William Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ historical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism
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religious fanaticism ⓘ undercover investigation ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Pierce Brosnan as William Savage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | infiltration of a Thuggee cult ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalizedVersionOf | Thuggee cults in India ⓘ |
| producer | Ismail Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Merchant Ivory Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Michael Hirst
NERFINISHED
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Nicholas Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1820s ⓘ |
| starring |
David Robb
NERFINISHED
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Helena Michell NERFINISHED ⓘ Irrfan Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Neena Gupta NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierce Brosnan NERFINISHED ⓘ Saeed Jaffrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Shashi Kapoor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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