The Runaway Bus
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The Runaway Bus is a 1954 British comedy thriller film best known for its ensemble cast and lighthearted take on a hijacked coach journey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Runaway Bus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8659259 — 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 Runaway Bus Context triple: [Stanley Holloway, notableWork, The Runaway Bus]
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A.
The Runaway
"The Runaway" is a famous 1958 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell depicting a young boy and a kindly policeman seated at a diner counter, capturing a nostalgic, narrative moment of small-town American life.
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B.
The Runaway
*The Runaway* is a memoir by British wood engraver Gwen Raverat that vividly recounts her eccentric Victorian childhood in the Darwin family.
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C.
Night Bus
Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
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D.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
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E.
The Lilac Bus
The Lilac Bus is a collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the lives and secrets of rural villagers who commute to Dublin on the same bus.
- 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 Runaway Bus Target entity description: The Runaway Bus is a 1954 British comedy thriller film best known for its ensemble cast and lighthearted take on a hijacked coach journey.
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A.
The Runaway
"The Runaway" is a famous 1958 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell depicting a young boy and a kindly policeman seated at a diner counter, capturing a nostalgic, narrative moment of small-town American life.
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B.
The Runaway
*The Runaway* is a memoir by British wood engraver Gwen Raverat that vividly recounts her eccentric Victorian childhood in the Darwin family.
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C.
Night Bus
Night Bus is the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams that served as the literary basis for the classic 1934 romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night."
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D.
The Road to Nowhere
The Road to Nowhere is a romantic adventure novel by Russian writer Alexander Grin, known for its dreamlike atmosphere and exploration of idealism and destiny.
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E.
The Lilac Bus
The Lilac Bus is a collection of interconnected short stories by Irish author Maeve Binchy that follows the lives and secrets of rural villagers who commute to Dublin on the same bus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| basedInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Walter J. Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Val Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Exclusive Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | James Needs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | Southall Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bridget
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ Janet NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Cynthia Beeston NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Lamb NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Malcolm Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ensemble cast
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lighthearted take on a hijacked coach journey ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of airline passengers are stranded by fog and end up on a coach that becomes involved in a robbery plot. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Carreras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hammer Film Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1954-03-25 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 78 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Val Guest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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London Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Anthony Oliver
NERFINISHED
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Charles Farrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Colin Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dora Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Howerd NERFINISHED ⓘ George Coulouris NERFINISHED ⓘ George Merritt NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Moxey NERFINISHED ⓘ John Salew NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Medwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Petula Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Kydd NERFINISHED ⓘ Sydney Tafler NERFINISHED ⓘ Terence Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ Toke Townley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Runaway Bus Description of subject: The Runaway Bus is a 1954 British comedy thriller film best known for its ensemble cast and lighthearted take on a hijacked coach journey.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.