The Shadow
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The Shadow is a 1994 neo-noir superhero film, based on the classic pulp character, that blends crime, mystery, and supernatural elements in a stylized 1930s New York setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Shadow canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8969137 — 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 Shadow Context triple: [Russell Mulcahy, directorOf, The Shadow]
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A.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
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B.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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C.
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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D.
Der Schattenmann
Der Schattenmann is a German television miniseries that continues the story begun in "Der große Bellheim," focusing on intrigue and power struggles in the world of business and politics.
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E.
The Shadow in the North
The Shadow in the North is a Victorian-era mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detectives Sally Lockhart and Frederick Garland as they uncover a sinister industrial conspiracy.
- 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 Shadow Target entity description: The Shadow is a 1994 neo-noir superhero film, based on the classic pulp character, that blends crime, mystery, and supernatural elements in a stylized 1930s New York setting.
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A.
The Shadow
The Shadow is a classic American radio drama series featuring a mysterious crime-fighting vigilante with the power to cloud men's minds, making him invisible to his enemies.
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B.
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is an American television drama series from the late 1970s that follows a white former professional basketball player who becomes the coach of a predominantly Black high school team in inner-city Los Angeles.
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C.
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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D.
Der Schattenmann
Der Schattenmann is a German television miniseries that continues the story begun in "Der große Bellheim," focusing on intrigue and power struggles in the world of business and politics.
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E.
The Shadow in the North
The Shadow in the North is a Victorian-era mystery novel by Philip Pullman featuring young detectives Sally Lockhart and Frederick Garland as they uncover a sinister industrial conspiracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionStyle | stylized 1930s aesthetic ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Shadow (pulp character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alec Baldwin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ian McKellen NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lone NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ Penelope Ann Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Boyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Curry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Stephen H. Burum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Russell Mulcahy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical worldwide ⓘ |
| editor | Peter Honess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ superhero film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElements | true ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Alec Baldwin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | PG-13 ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | crime-fighting vigilante with psychic powers ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portraysCharacter |
Lamont Cranston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiwan Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Martin Bregman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Willis Wong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| runtime | 108 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | David Koepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialType | pulp magazine character ⓘ |
| title | The Shadow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadow Description of subject: The Shadow is a 1994 neo-noir superhero film, based on the classic pulp character, that blends crime, mystery, and supernatural elements in a stylized 1930s New York setting.
Referenced by (4)
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