The Great Train Robbery
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The Great Train Robbery is a 1978 British heist film based on Michael Crichton’s novel about an audacious 19th-century gold robbery in Victorian England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Great Train Robbery canonical | 3 |
| The Great Train Robbery (1978 film) | 2 |
| The Great Train Robbery (TV series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9341261 — 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: The Great Train Robbery Context triple: [Michael Crichton, directorOf, The Great Train Robbery]
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A.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery is a pioneering 1903 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter, widely regarded as one of the first narrative films in cinema history.
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B.
The Bank Job
The Bank Job is a 2008 British heist thriller film, loosely based on the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery in London and known for its blend of crime, suspense, and political intrigue.
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C.
Hawkhurst Gang
The Hawkhurst Gang was a notorious 18th-century English smuggling organization based in Kent and Sussex, feared for its large-scale contraband operations and extreme violence.
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D.
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job is a British crime film dramatizing the infamous 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary carried out by a group of aging career criminals.
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E.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
- 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 Great Train Robbery Target entity description: The Great Train Robbery is a 1978 British heist film based on Michael Crichton’s novel about an audacious 19th-century gold robbery in Victorian England.
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A.
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery is a pioneering 1903 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter, widely regarded as one of the first narrative films in cinema history.
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B.
The Bank Job
The Bank Job is a 2008 British heist thriller film, loosely based on the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery in London and known for its blend of crime, suspense, and political intrigue.
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C.
Hawkhurst Gang
The Hawkhurst Gang was a notorious 18th-century English smuggling organization based in Kent and Sussex, feared for its large-scale contraband operations and extreme violence.
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D.
The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job is a British crime film dramatizing the infamous 2015 Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary carried out by a group of aging career criminals.
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E.
The Burglar
The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir crime drama about a jewel thief whose carefully planned heist unravels amid betrayal and pursuit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ train robbery ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The First Great Train Robbery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Great Train Robbery (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Edward Pierce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miriam NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Agar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Geoffrey Unsworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | United Artists ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | David Bretherton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
caper film
ⓘ
crime film ⓘ period film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationSourceEvent | Great Gold Robbery of 1855 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | tt0079240 ⓘ |
| mainSubject | gold robbery ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Folkestone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ on a moving train ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A master thief plans and executes an elaborate gold bullion robbery from a moving train in Victorian England. ⓘ |
| producer |
Elliott Kastner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Foreman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Elliott Kastner Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Starling Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUK | 1979-02-08 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Michael Crichton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Webb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Donald Sutherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesley-Anne Down NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Elphick NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Connery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 1850s ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Great Train Robbery (TV series)
this entity surface form:
The Great Train Robbery (1978 film)
this entity surface form:
The Great Train Robbery (1978 film)