The Narrow Margin
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The Narrow Margin is a 1952 American film noir thriller, celebrated for its taut, suspenseful story about a cop protecting a mobster’s widow on a perilous train journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Narrow Margin canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6869866 — 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 Narrow Margin Context triple: [Richard Fleischer, notableWork, The Narrow Margin]
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A.
The Winner
The Winner is a suspense thriller novel by David Baldacci about a young woman entangled in a deadly conspiracy after being offered a rigged lottery win.
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B.
The Narrow Corridor
The Narrow Corridor is a political economy book by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson that explores how societies achieve and maintain a balance between state power and individual liberty necessary for sustained freedom and prosperity.
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C.
Tell to Win
"Tell to Win" is a business and leadership book by Hollywood executive Peter Guber that explains how strategic storytelling can be used to persuade, inspire, and drive success.
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D.
Winner's Circle
Winner's Circle is the high-stakes final round of the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid," where contestants attempt to guess categories to win the top prize.
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E.
The War Room
The War Room is a 1993 documentary film that chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign from inside his strategy headquarters, directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
- 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 Narrow Margin Target entity description: The Narrow Margin is a 1952 American film noir thriller, celebrated for its taut, suspenseful story about a cop protecting a mobster’s widow on a perilous train journey.
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A.
The Winner
The Winner is a suspense thriller novel by David Baldacci about a young woman entangled in a deadly conspiracy after being offered a rigged lottery win.
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B.
The Narrow Corridor
The Narrow Corridor is a political economy book by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson that explores how societies achieve and maintain a balance between state power and individual liberty necessary for sustained freedom and prosperity.
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C.
Tell to Win
"Tell to Win" is a business and leadership book by Hollywood executive Peter Guber that explains how strategic storytelling can be used to persuade, inspire, and drive success.
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D.
Winner's Circle
Winner's Circle is the high-stakes final round of the game show "The $100,000 Pyramid," where contestants attempt to guess categories to win the top prize.
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E.
The War Room
The War Room is a 1993 documentary film that chronicles Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign from inside his strategy headquarters, directed by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George E. Diskant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert C. Kern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime thriller
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ suspense film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mrs. Frankie Neall NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
taut, suspenseful storytelling
ⓘ
use of confined train setting to build tension ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A tough cop must protect a mobster’s widow on a train journey while killers try to silence her before she can testify. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Charles McGraw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Beddoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Gebert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline White NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Maxey NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Brocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ Queenie Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Stanley Rubin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-03-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| remadeAs | Narrow Margin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| remakeReleaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 71 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Earl Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
journey from Chicago to Los Angeles
ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles McGraw
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ Gordon Gebert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacqueline White NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy |
Jack Leonard
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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