The Crime of Dr. Crespi
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The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Premature Burial," featuring a mad doctor’s revenge plot centered on live burial.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Crime of Dr. Crespi canonical | 6 |
| The Crime of Dr. Crespi (1935 film) | 1 |
| The Crime of Dr. Forbes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6712313 — 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 Crime of Dr. Crespi Context triple: [Rosa Stradner, notableWork, The Crime of Dr. Crespi]
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A.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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B.
A Degree of Murder
A Degree of Murder is a 1967 West German crime drama film starring Anita Pallenberg, noted for its experimental style and a soundtrack by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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D.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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E.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
- 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 Crime of Dr. Crespi Target entity description: The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Premature Burial," featuring a mad doctor’s revenge plot centered on live burial.
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A.
The Sleeping Beauty Killer
The Sleeping Beauty Killer is a crime novel in Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke’s "Under Suspicion" series, following a cold-case TV producer as she re-investigates a notorious murder and the woman long believed to be the killer.
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B.
A Degree of Murder
A Degree of Murder is a 1967 West German crime drama film starring Anita Pallenberg, noted for its experimental style and a soundtrack by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones.
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C.
Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century is a 1996 television film dramatizing the controversial Lindbergh kidnapping case, featuring Isabella Rossellini in a leading role.
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D.
Crime of the Century
"Crime of the Century" is the sensational nickname given by the press to the 1932 kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son, a case that gripped the United States and became one of the most infamous crimes in American history.
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E.
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder is a 1953 American film noir thriller in which Gary Merrill stars in a tense story of suspected poisoning and inheritance-driven murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Premature Burial ⓘ |
| castMember |
Dwight Frye
ⓘ
Erich von Stroheim ⓘ Harriet Russell ⓘ John Bohn ⓘ Paul Guilfoyle ⓘ Rian James ⓘ |
| characterRole | mad doctor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | John H. Auer ⓘ |
| distributor | Republic Pictures ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Dr. Andre Crespi ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Edgar Allan Poe
ⓘ
The Premature Burial ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
live burial
ⓘ
premature burial ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | John H. Auer ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Liberty Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 63 minutes ⓘ |
| setting | hospital ⓘ |
| title | The Crime of Dr. Crespi ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1935 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Crime of Dr. Crespi Description of subject: The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a 1935 American horror film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Premature Burial," featuring a mad doctor’s revenge plot centered on live burial.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Crime of Dr. Crespi
linked to: The Crime of Dr. Crespi