Kansas City Confidential
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Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the masked gang responsible to clear his name.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kansas City Confidential canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9318575 — 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: Kansas City Confidential Context triple: [John Payne, notableWork, Kansas City Confidential]
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A.
Naked City
Naked City is an American police procedural television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s, acclaimed for its gritty, semi-documentary style and focus on the lives of New York City detectives and residents.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Vecherniy Kvartal
Vecherniy Kvartal is a popular Ukrainian comedy and satirical TV show known for its sketches, political humor, and live performances.
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D.
Men in Blue
Men in Blue is the popular nickname for the India national cricket team, known for its blue jerseys and passionate global fanbase.
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E.
Tales from the Gangster Squad
Tales from the Gangster Squad is a non-fiction book by Paul Lieberman that chronicles the real-life LAPD unit formed in the 1940s to combat organized crime in Los Angeles.
- 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: Kansas City Confidential Target entity description: Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the masked gang responsible to clear his name.
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A.
Naked City
Naked City is an American police procedural television series from the late 1950s and early 1960s, acclaimed for its gritty, semi-documentary style and focus on the lives of New York City detectives and residents.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Vecherniy Kvartal
Vecherniy Kvartal is a popular Ukrainian comedy and satirical TV show known for its sketches, political humor, and live performances.
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D.
Men in Blue
Men in Blue is the popular nickname for the India national cricket team, known for its blue jerseys and passionate global fanbase.
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E.
Tales from the Gangster Squad
Tales from the Gangster Squad is a non-fiction book by Paul Lieberman that chronicles the real-life LAPD unit formed in the 1940s to combat organized crime in Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Secret Four NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
story by Harold Greene
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story by Harry Essex ⓘ |
| certificate | Public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | George E. Diskant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Phil Karlson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | United Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Buddy Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boyd Kane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helen Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Rolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Romano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
framing and wrongful accusation
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identity and deception ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| musicBy | Paul Sawtell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex heist plot with masked robbers
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influential example of 1950s American film noir ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An ex-con framed for an armored car robbery hunts down the masked gang responsible to clear his name. ⓘ |
| producer | Edward Small NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Edward Small Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1952-11-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Bruce
NERFINISHED
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Harry Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Kansas City
NERFINISHED
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Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Coleen Gray
NERFINISHED
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Jack Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ John Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Van Cleef NERFINISHED ⓘ Neville Brand NERFINISHED ⓘ Preston Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kansas City Confidential Description of subject: Kansas City Confidential is a 1952 American film noir crime thriller about an ex-con framed for a brutal armored car robbery who hunts down the masked gang responsible to clear his name.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.