The Hoodlum Priest
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The Hoodlum Priest is a 1961 American drama film about a Catholic priest who works with and advocates for troubled youth and ex-convicts in St. Louis.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Hoodlum Priest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8121263 — 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 Hoodlum Priest Context triple: [Keir Dullea, notableWork, The Hoodlum Priest]
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A.
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three is a 1925 silent crime thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, known for its dark carnival setting and tale of a criminal trio using a sideshow as a front for their schemes.
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B.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
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C.
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Pilgrim of Hate is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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D.
The Priest
The Priest is a pivotal religious figure in Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," who delivers the parable "Before the Law" and offers a cryptic, unsettling perspective on guilt and justice.
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E.
The Priest
The Priest is a supporting character in Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a friend of the protagonist who often represents conventional wisdom and attempts to bring Don Quixote back to reality.
- 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 Hoodlum Priest Target entity description: The Hoodlum Priest is a 1961 American drama film about a Catholic priest who works with and advocates for troubled youth and ex-convicts in St. Louis.
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A.
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three is a 1925 silent crime thriller film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney, known for its dark carnival setting and tale of a criminal trio using a sideshow as a front for their schemes.
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B.
The Holy Thief
The Holy Thief is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on the theft of a saint’s reliquary.
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C.
The Pilgrim of Hate
The Pilgrim of Hate is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century England and blending monastic life with intricate crime investigation.
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D.
The Priest
The Priest is a pivotal religious figure in Franz Kafka's novel "The Trial," who delivers the parable "Before the Law" and offers a cryptic, unsettling perspective on guilt and justice.
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E.
The Priest
The Priest is the unnamed, charismatic and morally ambiguous Catholic clergyman from the television series "Fleabag," whose intense relationship with the protagonist became one of Andrew Scott’s most acclaimed roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Father Charles Dismas Clark ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| castMember |
Cindi Wood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Horace McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ Keir Dullea NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Logan Ramsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Haskell B. Boggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Irvin Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Otto Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1960s American cinema ⓘ |
| featuredFestival | Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | Approved ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Hoodlum Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Father Charles Dismas Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Father Charles Dismas Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Markowitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Catholic priest working with troubled youth
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advocacy for ex-convicts ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Don Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Irvin Kershner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Harbinger Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-03-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 101 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Don Murray
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph Landon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
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juvenile delinquency ⓘ prison reform ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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