The Don Is Dead
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The Don Is Dead is a 1973 American crime film about violent power struggles within the Mafia, directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Anthony Quinn.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Don Is Dead canonical | 4 |
| The Don Is Dead (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9329183 — 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 Don Is Dead Context triple: [Philip H. Lathrop, notableWork, The Don Is Dead]
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A.
The Don
The Don is the University of San Francisco’s Spanish-influenced, nobleman-themed athletic mascot representing the school’s sports teams.
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B.
Doe or Die
Doe or Die is the 1995 debut studio album by Brooklyn rapper AZ, celebrated as a classic of mafioso-themed East Coast hip hop.
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C.
The Don Flows Home to the Sea
"The Don Flows Home to the Sea" is a historical novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov that continues his epic portrayal of Cossack life and the upheavals of the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
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D.
Last to Die
"Last to Die" is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli as they investigate a series of murders linked to a group of traumatized orphans.
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E.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
- 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 Don Is Dead Target entity description: The Don Is Dead is a 1973 American crime film about violent power struggles within the Mafia, directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Anthony Quinn.
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A.
The Don
The Don is the University of San Francisco’s Spanish-influenced, nobleman-themed athletic mascot representing the school’s sports teams.
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B.
Doe or Die
Doe or Die is the 1995 debut studio album by Brooklyn rapper AZ, celebrated as a classic of mafioso-themed East Coast hip hop.
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C.
The Don Flows Home to the Sea
"The Don Flows Home to the Sea" is a historical novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Sholokhov that continues his epic portrayal of Cossack life and the upheavals of the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
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D.
Last to Die
"Last to Die" is a crime thriller novel by Tess Gerritsen featuring medical examiner Maura Isles and detective Jane Rizzoli as they investigate a series of murders linked to a group of traumatized orphans.
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E.
Last to Die
Last to Die is a Magic: The Gathering card, likely a creature or spell, associated with the Magic game universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Marvin H. Albert ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Don Is Dead (novel)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Don Is Dead
|
| cinematographyBy | Richard H. Kline ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Richard Fleischer ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank J. Urioste ⓘ |
| filmRatingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0071424 ⓘ |
| isColorFilm | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Don Angelo DiMorra ⓘ |
| mainTheme | Mafia power struggle ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
gang warfare
ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ power struggle within the Mafia ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Wallis Productions ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1973-11-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 115 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Christopher Trumbo
ⓘ
Marvin H. Albert ⓘ |
| setIn | Las Vegas ⓘ |
| starring |
Al Lettieri
ⓘ
Angel Tompkins ⓘ Anthony Quinn ⓘ Charles Cioffi ⓘ Frederic Forrest ⓘ Robert Forster ⓘ |
| subgenre | Mafia film ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Don Is Dead Description of subject: The Don Is Dead is a 1973 American crime film about violent power struggles within the Mafia, directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Anthony Quinn.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Don Is Dead