The Furies (1950 film)
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The Furies is a 1950 American Western film noir directed by Anthony Mann, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston in a dark tale of family conflict and power on a New Mexico cattle ranch.
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| The Furies (1950 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Furies (1950 film) Context triple: [Victor Milner, workedOn, The Furies (1950 film)]
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A.
Fury (1936 film)
Fury (1936 film) is a 1936 American drama directed by Fritz Lang that explores mob violence and wrongful accusation through the story of an innocent man nearly lynched by a vengeful crowd.
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B.
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria is a 1957 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini that follows the poignant, episodic life of a resilient Roman sex worker searching for love and dignity.
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C.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
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E.
Cape Fear (1962 film)
Cape Fear (1962 film) is a 1962 psychological thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson, in which a menacing ex-convict terrorizes the family of the lawyer who helped send him to prison.
- 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 Furies (1950 film) Target entity description: The Furies is a 1950 American Western film noir directed by Anthony Mann, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Walter Huston in a dark tale of family conflict and power on a New Mexico cattle ranch.
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A.
Fury (1936 film)
Fury (1936 film) is a 1936 American drama directed by Fritz Lang that explores mob violence and wrongful accusation through the story of an innocent man nearly lynched by a vengeful crowd.
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B.
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria is a 1957 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini that follows the poignant, episodic life of a resilient Roman sex worker searching for love and dignity.
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C.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
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E.
Cape Fear (1962 film)
Cape Fear (1962 film) is a 1962 psychological thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson, in which a menacing ex-convict terrorizes the family of the lawyer who helped send him to prison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Hans Dreier
NERFINISHED
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Walter H. Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Furies (novel)
NERFINISHED
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novel by Niven Busch ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Victor Milner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Edith Head NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Anthony Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Paramount Pictures
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| editedBy | Warren Low NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Arizona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
female empowerment
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inheritance dispute ⓘ patriarchal authority ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Furies_(1950_film) ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
T. C. Jeffords
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vance Jeffords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
family conflict
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power struggle ⓘ |
| notableFor | Walter Huston’s final film role ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Wallis Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1950-08-16 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtime | 109 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Charles Schnee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
New Mexico
NERFINISHED
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cattle ranch ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Stanwyck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gilbert Roland NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell Corey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Furies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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