The Tall T
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The Tall T is a 1957 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher, regarded as a classic of the genre and noted for its taut storytelling and Randolph Scott’s stoic lead performance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tall T canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9105802 — 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 Tall T Context triple: [Randolph Scott, notableWork, The Tall T]
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A.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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B.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
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C.
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
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D.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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E.
The Cheyenne Kid
The Cheyenne Kid is a Western film starring American actor Tom Keene, known for his roles in classic B-movie cowboy adventures.
- 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 Tall T Target entity description: The Tall T is a 1957 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher, regarded as a classic of the genre and noted for its taut storytelling and Randolph Scott’s stoic lead performance.
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A.
The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film starring Gregory Peck as an aging gunslinger trying to escape his violent past.
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B.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo is a 1970 Western film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, following a Union officer’s post–Civil War quest for justice in a Texas border town.
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C.
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
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D.
King of the Cowboys
King of the Cowboys is the famous nickname of Roy Rogers, the iconic American singing cowboy star of mid-20th-century Western films, radio, and television.
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E.
The Cheyenne Kid
The Cheyenne Kid is a Western film starring American actor Tom Keene, known for his roles in classic B-movie cowboy adventures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| actorForCharacter Frank Usher | Richard Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Captives
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
short story by Elmore Leonard ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Charles Lawton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | regarded as a classic Western ⓘ |
| director | Budd Boetticher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Al Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American Western cinema ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Western ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
kidnapping
ⓘ
moral confrontation ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| hasVillainCharacter | Frank Usher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Pat Brennan | Randolph Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Pat Brennan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadPerformanceBy | Randolph Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Heinz Roemheld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Randolph Scott's stoic lead performance
ⓘ
taut storytelling ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ranown cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Harry Joe Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Columbia Pictures
ⓘ
Ranown Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1957-04-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 78 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Burt Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Elmore Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Hunnicutt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ Maureen O'Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Boone NERFINISHED ⓘ Skip Homeier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Tall T Description of subject: The Tall T is a 1957 Western film directed by Budd Boetticher, regarded as a classic of the genre and noted for its taut storytelling and Randolph Scott’s stoic lead performance.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.