Johnny Cool
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Johnny Cool is a 1963 American crime film best known for its stylish, hard-edged portrayal of a vengeful gangster and its ensemble cast of prominent early-1960s stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johnny Cool canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8987194 — 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: Johnny Cool Context triple: [Elizabeth Montgomery, notableWork, Johnny Cool]
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A.
Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo was a notorious 19th-century American Old West outlaw and gunfighter associated with the Cochise County Cowboys and the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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B.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
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C.
Ronnie Winslow
Ronnie Winslow is the young naval cadet at the center of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," whose alleged theft and subsequent expulsion spark a major legal and moral battle over justice and individual rights.
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D.
Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud is a 1970 surreal comedy film directed by Robert Altman about a reclusive young man living in the Houston Astrodome who dreams of building a pair of wings to fly.
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E.
Billy Summers
Billy Summers is a crime novel by Stephen King that follows a highly skilled hitman who takes on one final job while posing as a writer in a small town.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johnny Cool Target entity description: Johnny Cool is a 1963 American crime film best known for its stylish, hard-edged portrayal of a vengeful gangster and its ensemble cast of prominent early-1960s stars.
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A.
Johnny Ringo
Johnny Ringo was a notorious 19th-century American Old West outlaw and gunfighter associated with the Cochise County Cowboys and the events surrounding the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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B.
Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, dancer, and television host known for his pop and R&B music career and for hosting various talent shows in the Philippines and abroad.
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C.
Ronnie Winslow
Ronnie Winslow is the young naval cadet at the center of Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy," whose alleged theft and subsequent expulsion spark a major legal and moral battle over justice and individual rights.
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D.
Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud is a 1970 surreal comedy film directed by Robert Altman about a reclusive young man living in the Houston Astrodome who dreams of building a pair of wings to fly.
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E.
Billy Summers
Billy Summers is a crime novel by Stephen King that follows a highly skilled hitman who takes on one final job while posing as a writer in a small town.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Kingdom of Johnny Cool ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | John McPartland ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sam Leavitt ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | William Asher ⓘ |
| distributor |
United Artists
ⓘ
linked to:
United Artists Releasing
|
| editedBy | Otto Ludwig ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ gangster film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Billy May ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ensemble cast of early 1960s stars
ⓘ
stylish hard-edged portrayal of a vengeful gangster ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | vengeful gangster ⓘ |
| producer | William Asher ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Joe Landon
ⓘ
Morris West ⓘ |
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| starring |
Brad Dexter
ⓘ
Elisha Cook Jr. ⓘ Elizabeth Montgomery ⓘ Henry Silva ⓘ Jim Backus ⓘ Joey Bishop ⓘ John McGiver ⓘ Marc Lawrence ⓘ Mort Sahl ⓘ Peter Lawford ⓘ Richard Anderson ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ Sydney Guilaroff ⓘ Telly Savalas ⓘ |
| title | Johnny Cool ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johnny Cool Description of subject: Johnny Cool is a 1963 American crime film best known for its stylish, hard-edged portrayal of a vengeful gangster and its ensemble cast of prominent early-1960s stars.
Referenced by (5)
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