Charley and the Angel
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Charley and the Angel is a 1973 Disney family fantasy-comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as a small-town shopkeeper whose life is changed by a visit from a guardian angel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charley and the Angel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9088096 — 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: Charley and the Angel Context triple: [Fred MacMurray, notableWork, Charley and the Angel]
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A.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
"Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man" is a humorous coming-of-age novel by Fannie Flagg that follows the quirky adventures of a young Southern girl growing up in mid-20th-century Mississippi.
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B.
Miracle Laurie
Miracle Laurie is an American actress best known for her role as Mellie/November on the science fiction television series "Dollhouse."
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C.
Guardian Angel
"Guardian Angel" is a rock song by the short-lived collaboration The Stills-Young Band, featuring Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
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D.
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
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E.
Annie
Annie is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror-comedy film "Critters 3," who leads the fight for survival against the alien creatures attacking her apartment building.
- 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: Charley and the Angel Target entity description: Charley and the Angel is a 1973 Disney family fantasy-comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as a small-town shopkeeper whose life is changed by a visit from a guardian angel.
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A.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
"Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man" is a humorous coming-of-age novel by Fannie Flagg that follows the quirky adventures of a young Southern girl growing up in mid-20th-century Mississippi.
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B.
Miracle Laurie
Miracle Laurie is an American actress best known for her role as Mellie/November on the science fiction television series "Dollhouse."
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C.
Guardian Angel
"Guardian Angel" is a rock song by the short-lived collaboration The Stills-Young Band, featuring Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
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D.
Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
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E.
Annie
Annie is the young protagonist of the 1991 horror-comedy film "Critters 3," who leads the fight for survival against the alien creatures attacking her apartment building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charley by Will Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Charles F. Wheeler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Vincent McEveety NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Robert Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
family ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasGuardianAngelCharacter | yes ⓘ |
| hasSetting | small American town ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family relationships
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ work–life balance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Angel Roy Zerney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charley Appleby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | G ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul J. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Fred MacMurray's final Disney film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Disney live-action filmography ⓘ |
| portrays | guardian angel ⓘ |
| producer | Bill Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-03-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Will Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Cloris Leachman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edward Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Backus NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Cody NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charley and the Angel Description of subject: Charley and the Angel is a 1973 Disney family fantasy-comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as a small-town shopkeeper whose life is changed by a visit from a guardian angel.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.