The Kissing Bandit (1948 film)
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The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) is a 1948 MGM musical comedy set in Spanish California, starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in a lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and romance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8653199 — 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 Kissing Bandit (1948 film) Context triple: [Jules Munshin, notableWork, The Kissing Bandit (1948 film)]
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A.
The Heart Bandit (1924 film)
The Heart Bandit (1924 film) is a 1924 American silent drama film best known for starring actress Agnes Ayres.
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B.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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C.
T-Men
T-Men is a 1947 film noir crime drama directed by Anthony Mann, renowned for its gritty semi-documentary style and stark, expressionistic cinematography.
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D.
Kissin’ Cousins (1964 film)
Kissin’ Cousins is a 1964 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as both an Army officer and his backwoods cousin in a lighthearted story set in the Tennessee mountains.
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E.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
- 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 Kissing Bandit (1948 film) Target entity description: The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) is a 1948 MGM musical comedy set in Spanish California, starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in a lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and romance.
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A.
The Heart Bandit (1924 film)
The Heart Bandit (1924 film) is a 1924 American silent drama film best known for starring actress Agnes Ayres.
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B.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948 film)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 film noir crime drama starring Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine, known for its dark postwar London setting and themes of desperation and redemption.
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C.
T-Men
T-Men is a 1947 film noir crime drama directed by Anthony Mann, renowned for its gritty semi-documentary style and stark, expressionistic cinematography.
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D.
Kissin’ Cousins (1964 film)
Kissin’ Cousins is a 1964 musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley as both an Army officer and his backwoods cousin in a lighthearted story set in the Tennessee mountains.
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E.
The Killers (1946 film)
The Killers (1946 film) is a classic American film noir, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, renowned for its dark, fatalistic crime narrative and for launching Burt Lancaster’s film career.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | László Benedek ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| era |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| featuresCharacterType |
bandit
ⓘ
romantic lead ⓘ |
| filmStudio | MGM ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ |
| hasFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | Hollywood studio musical ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Frank Sinatra
ⓘ
Kathryn Grayson ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
mistaken identity
ⓘ
romance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Joe Pasternak ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Spanish California
ⓘ
linked to:
Alta California (Spanish colony)
|
| starring |
Akim Tamiroff
ⓘ
Ann Miller ⓘ Cyd Charisse ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ J. Carrol Naish ⓘ Kathryn Grayson ⓘ Mildred Natwick ⓘ Ricardo Montalbán ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Kissing Bandit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) Description of subject: The Kissing Bandit (1948 film) is a 1948 MGM musical comedy set in Spanish California, starring Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in a lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and romance.
Referenced by (2)
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