The Undercover Man
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The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Undercover Man canonical | 6 |
| article "T-Men vs. the Underworld" by Harry Kleiner | 1 |
| article "Undercover Man" by Frank J. Wilson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6485969 — 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 Undercover Man Context triple: [Nina Foch, notableWork, The Undercover Man]
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A.
Undercover
Undercover is a 1983 studio album by The Rolling Stones that blends rock with then-contemporary dance and new wave influences.
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B.
Undercover
Undercover is a book by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, detailing his experiences in espionage and covert operations.
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C.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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D.
Prisoner in Disguise
"Prisoner in Disguise" is a 1975 studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt that blends rock, country, and pop influences and helped solidify her status as a leading vocalist of the era.
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E.
Hit Man
Hit Man is a 2023 darkly comedic crime thriller film directed by Richard Linklater, loosely based on a true story about a mild-mannered professor who becomes an undercover fake contract killer for the police.
- 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 Undercover Man Target entity description: The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
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A.
Undercover
Undercover is a 1983 studio album by The Rolling Stones that blends rock with then-contemporary dance and new wave influences.
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B.
Undercover
Undercover is a book by former CIA officer and Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, detailing his experiences in espionage and covert operations.
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C.
The Other Man
The Other Man is a 2008 psychological thriller film about a husband who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about his wife's secret lover.
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D.
Prisoner in Disguise
"Prisoner in Disguise" is a 1975 studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt that blends rock, country, and pop influences and helped solidify her status as a leading vocalist of the era.
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E.
Hit Man
Hit Man is a 2023 darkly comedic crime thriller film directed by Richard Linklater, loosely based on a true story about a mild-mannered professor who becomes an undercover fake contract killer for the police.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
T-Man story by Frank J. Wilson
ⓘ
article "Undercover Man" by Frank J. Wilson ⓘ
linked to:
The Undercover Man
|
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Burnett Guffey ⓘ |
| classification |
1940s American crime film
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American black-and-white film ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| depicts |
Internal Revenue Service investigations
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organized crime ⓘ tax evasion ⓘ |
| director | Joseph H. Lewis ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | Al Clark ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood film noir ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
pursuit of justice through legal and financial means
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struggle against organized crime ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Treasury agent Frank Warren ⓘ |
| musicBy | Heinz Roemheld ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Treasury investigation of organized crime
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use of tax evasion charges to prosecute a mob boss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on financial investigation rather than violent confrontation
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semi-documentary approach to law enforcement procedures ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Glenn Ford ⓘ |
| producer | Robert Rossen ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | March 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Abraham Polonsky
ⓘ
Robert Rossen ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| stars |
Barry Kelley
ⓘ
Glenn Ford ⓘ Howard St. John ⓘ James Whitmore ⓘ Nina Foch ⓘ |
| style | semi-documentary ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Undercover Man Description of subject: The Undercover Man is a 1949 film noir crime drama about a Treasury agent’s relentless pursuit of a powerful mob boss, noted for its semi-documentary style and focus on tax evasion as a means to bring down organized crime.
Referenced by (8)
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