Shadow on the Wall
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Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American film noir psychological thriller in which Gigi Perreau plays a key child role central to the story’s mystery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shadow on the Wall canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8500530 — 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: Shadow on the Wall Context triple: [Gigi Perreau, notableWork, Shadow on the Wall]
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A.
The Wall of Darkness
The Wall of Darkness is a science fiction novella by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a mysterious, seemingly impenetrable barrier at the edge of the universe and the quest to uncover what lies beyond it.
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B.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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C.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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D.
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow is the masked, romantic desert bandit alter ego of a French officer in the 1929 musical film "The Desert Song."
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E.
Behind the Walls
"Behind the Walls" is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, depicting an elongated female head covering her eyes with her hands.
- 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: Shadow on the Wall Target entity description: Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American film noir psychological thriller in which Gigi Perreau plays a key child role central to the story’s mystery.
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A.
The Wall of Darkness
The Wall of Darkness is a science fiction novella by Arthur C. Clarke that explores a mysterious, seemingly impenetrable barrier at the edge of the universe and the quest to uncover what lies beyond it.
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B.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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C.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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D.
The Red Shadow
The Red Shadow is the masked, romantic desert bandit alter ego of a French officer in the 1929 musical film "The Desert Song."
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E.
Behind the Walls
"Behind the Walls" is a monumental outdoor sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, depicting an elongated female head covering her eyes with her hands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Hannah Lees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lawrence P. Bachmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Death in the Doll's House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Pat Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Ann Sothern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gigi Perreau NERFINISHED ⓘ John McIntire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristine Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zachary Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
memory ⓘ psychological investigation ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| motionPictureRatingSystem | Production Code era film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | child witness to a murder ⓘ |
| notableFor | prominent child role played by Gigi Perreau ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | C. B. Whitlock Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bertram Millhauser
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hannah Lees NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bowers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Ann Sothern
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gigi Perreau NERFINISHED ⓘ John McIntire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristine Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zachary Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shadow on the Wall Description of subject: Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American film noir psychological thriller in which Gigi Perreau plays a key child role central to the story’s mystery.
Referenced by (1)
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