Good Day for a Hanging
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Good Day for a Hanging is a 1959 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a reluctant lawman forced to confront justice and loyalty in a small frontier town.
All labels observed (1)
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| Good Day for a Hanging canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9088112 — 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: Good Day for a Hanging Context triple: [Fred MacMurray, notableWork, Good Day for a Hanging]
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A.
The Executioner’s Song
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B.
Whipping Post
"Whipping Post" is a landmark blues-rock song by the Allman Brothers Band, renowned for its emotional intensity, extended improvisations, and central place in their live performances.
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C.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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D.
Hangman Jury
"Hangman Jury" is a blues-influenced hard rock song by Aerosmith known for its dark, storytelling lyrics and acoustic-driven sound.
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E.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
- 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: Good Day for a Hanging Target entity description: Good Day for a Hanging is a 1959 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a reluctant lawman forced to confront justice and loyalty in a small frontier town.
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A.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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B.
Whipping Post
"Whipping Post" is a landmark blues-rock song by the Allman Brothers Band, renowned for its emotional intensity, extended improvisations, and central place in their live performances.
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C.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
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D.
Hangman Jury
"Hangman Jury" is a blues-influenced hard rock song by Aerosmith known for its dark, storytelling lyrics and acoustic-driven sound.
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E.
Seven Days to a Killing
Seven Days to a Killing is a 1972 spy thriller novel by Clive Egleton, centered on a British intelligence officer whose son is kidnapped as part of a high-stakes blackmail plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
story by John Hawkins
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story by Ward Hawkins ⓘ |
| cinematography | Henry Freulich ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Nathan Juran ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jerome Thoms ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasFilmPoster | theatrical release poster ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ben Cutler ⓘ |
| musicBy | Mischa Bakaleinikoff ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | conflict between justice and loyalty ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Fred MacMurray ⓘ |
| producer | Charles H. Schneer ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 85 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Daniel B. Ullman
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linked to:
Daniel Ullman
Maurice Tombragel ⓘ |
| setting | small frontier town ⓘ |
| starring |
Fred MacMurray
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James Drury ⓘ Joan Blackman ⓘ Maggie Hayes ⓘ Robert Vaughn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Good Day for a Hanging Description of subject: Good Day for a Hanging is a 1959 American Western film starring Fred MacMurray as a reluctant lawman forced to confront justice and loyalty in a small frontier town.
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