The Young Don’t Cry
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The Young Don’t Cry is a 1957 American drama film set in a Southern reform school, notable for starring Sal Mineo as a compassionate inmate who befriends an escaped convict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Young Don’t Cry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9400296 — 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 Young Don’t Cry Context triple: [Sal Mineo, notableWork, The Young Don’t Cry]
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A.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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B.
Some Die Young
"Some Die Young" is a melancholic pop song by Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh that gained widespread recognition for its emotional reflection on loss and resilience.
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C.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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D.
A Place to Cry
"A Place to Cry" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam featured on his 2000 album *Tomorrow’s Sounds Today*.
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E.
The Voice of One Crying
The Voice of One Crying is the English title of John Gower’s Latin poem *Vox Clamantis*, a medieval work best known for its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society and events like the Peasants’ Revolt.
- 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 Young Don’t Cry Target entity description: The Young Don’t Cry is a 1957 American drama film set in a Southern reform school, notable for starring Sal Mineo as a compassionate inmate who befriends an escaped convict.
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A.
Who's Crying Now
"Who's Crying Now" is a popular rock ballad by the American band Journey, featured on their 1981 album "Escape" and known for its emotive vocals and memorable guitar solo.
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B.
Some Die Young
"Some Die Young" is a melancholic pop song by Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh that gained widespread recognition for its emotional reflection on loss and resilience.
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C.
Fool to Cry
"Fool to Cry" is a soulful 1976 ballad by The Rolling Stones, noted for its emotional lyrics, falsetto vocals by Mick Jagger, and prominent use of electric piano and string arrangements.
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D.
A Place to Cry
"A Place to Cry" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam featured on his 2000 album *Tomorrow’s Sounds Today*.
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E.
The Voice of One Crying
The Voice of One Crying is the English title of John Gower’s Latin poem *Vox Clamantis*, a medieval work best known for its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society and events like the Peasants’ Revolt.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Richard Jessup ⓘ |
| blackAndWhiteColor | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Henry Freulich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Alfred L. Werker ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Havlick ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType |
escaped convict
ⓘ
reform-school inmate ⓘ |
| filmFormat | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Leslie Henderson ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Duning ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A compassionate reform-school inmate befriends an escaped convict. ⓘ |
| portrays | friendship between inmate and fugitive ⓘ |
| producer | Sam Katzman ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1950s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 89 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Richard Jessup
ⓘ
Richard Maibaum ⓘ |
| setting |
Southern United States
ⓘ
reform school ⓘ |
| starring |
Douglas Dick
ⓘ
Gene Lyons ⓘ J. Carrol Naish ⓘ James Whitmore ⓘ Paul Carr ⓘ Ralph Votrian ⓘ Sal Mineo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Young Don’t Cry Description of subject: The Young Don’t Cry is a 1957 American drama film set in a Southern reform school, notable for starring Sal Mineo as a compassionate inmate who befriends an escaped convict.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.