The Naked Runner
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The Naked Runner is a 1967 British spy thriller film starring Frank Sinatra as a civilian engineer reluctantly drawn into an assassination plot during the Cold War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Naked Runner canonical | 8 |
| The Naked Runner (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7806735 — 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 Naked Runner Context triple: [Peter Vaughan, notableWork, The Naked Runner]
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A.
The Naked Man
The Naked Man is the fourth and final volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s seminal Mythologiques series, in which he analyzes and compares myths from Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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B.
Midnight Runner
Midnight Runner is a fast-paced thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows covert operatives, international intrigue, and high-stakes action in the author’s signature suspenseful style.
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C.
Logan's Run
Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film set in a dystopian future where citizens are executed at age 30, following a "Sandman" who begins to question the system.
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D.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a mid-distance sled dog race event held in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, often serving as a companion race to the longer UP 200.
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E.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 action-comedy film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter transporting an accountant across the country while being pursued by the FBI and the mob.
- 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 Naked Runner Target entity description: The Naked Runner is a 1967 British spy thriller film starring Frank Sinatra as a civilian engineer reluctantly drawn into an assassination plot during the Cold War.
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A.
The Naked Man
The Naked Man is the fourth and final volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s seminal Mythologiques series, in which he analyzes and compares myths from Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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B.
Midnight Runner
Midnight Runner is a fast-paced thriller novel by Jack Higgins that follows covert operatives, international intrigue, and high-stakes action in the author’s signature suspenseful style.
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C.
Logan's Run
Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film set in a dystopian future where citizens are executed at age 30, following a "Sandman" who begins to question the system.
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D.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a mid-distance sled dog race event held in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, often serving as a companion race to the longer UP 200.
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E.
Midnight Run
Midnight Run is a 1988 action-comedy film starring Robert De Niro as a bounty hunter transporting an accountant across the country while being pursued by the FBI and the mob.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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spy thriller film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Naked Runner (novel)
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linked to:
The Naked Runner
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| basedOnAuthor | Francis Clifford ⓘ |
| cinematography | Michael Reed ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Sidney J. Furie ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros.
ⓘ
linked to:
Warner Bros. Pictures
|
| editor | Antony Gibbs ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hamburg
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| genre |
spy thriller film
ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0062038 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sam Laker ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Frank Sinatra ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Alwyn ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A civilian engineer is coerced into carrying out an assassination during the Cold War. ⓘ |
| producer | Brad Dexter ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Artanis Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1967-06-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Sydney Boehm ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| starring |
Derren Nesbitt
ⓘ
Edward Fox ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Nadia Gray ⓘ Peter Vaughan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Naked Runner Description of subject: The Naked Runner is a 1967 British spy thriller film starring Frank Sinatra as a civilian engineer reluctantly drawn into an assassination plot during the Cold War.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.