Violent Saturday
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Violent Saturday is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer that centers on a small town shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Violent Saturday canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6869890 — 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)
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Target entity: Violent Saturday Context triple: [Richard Fleischer, notableWork, Violent Saturday]
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A.
Act of Violence
Act of Violence is a 1948 American film noir thriller about a World War II veteran haunted by his past, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fred Zinnemann.
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B.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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C.
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its gritty portrayal of police corruption and moral vengeance.
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D.
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston, renowned for its gritty, realistic portrayal of a meticulously planned jewel heist and its influence on the heist genre.
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E.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
- 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: Violent Saturday Target entity description: Violent Saturday is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer that centers on a small town shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents.
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A.
Act of Violence
Act of Violence is a 1948 American film noir thriller about a World War II veteran haunted by his past, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fred Zinnemann.
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B.
White Heat
White Heat is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Raoul Walsh, renowned for James Cagney’s iconic performance as psychotic gangster Cody Jarrett and its explosive finale.
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C.
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is a 1953 American film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its gritty portrayal of police corruption and moral vengeance.
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D.
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle is a 1950 American film noir crime drama directed by John Huston, renowned for its gritty, realistic portrayal of a meticulously planned jewel heist and its influence on the heist genre.
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E.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic 1946 American film noir crime drama, based on James M. Cain’s novel, about a drifter and a married woman who plot a murder that spirals into betrayal and tragedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | William L. Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel Violent Saturday ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Charles G. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | DeLuxe Color NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Hugo Friedhofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editor | Hugh S. Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bank robbers gang
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Boyd Fairchild NERFINISHED ⓘ Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelley Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAspect | uses widescreen CinemaScope for a film noir story ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A small town is shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents. ⓘ |
| producer | Buddy Adler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Sydney Boehm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | small mining town in Arizona ⓘ |
| starring |
Betty Field
NERFINISHED
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Brad Dexter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Borgnine NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Carrol Naish NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Marvin NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Deacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen McNally NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Noonan NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Mature NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Leith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
crime and morality in a small town
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hidden lives and secrets of ordinary people ⓘ violence and redemption ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1950s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Violent Saturday Description of subject: Violent Saturday is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Richard Fleischer that centers on a small town shaken by a meticulously planned bank robbery and the intersecting lives of its residents.
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