Cheyenne Autumn
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Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the struggles of the Cheyenne people during their historic 1878–79 exodus from Oklahoma to their Montana homeland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cheyenne Autumn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9400297 — 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: Cheyenne Autumn Context triple: [Sal Mineo, notableWork, Cheyenne Autumn]
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A.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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B.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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C.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a South African anti-apartheid drama film produced by Anant Singh that explores truth, reconciliation, and past political crimes through a courtroom investigation.
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E.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
- 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: Cheyenne Autumn Target entity description: Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the struggles of the Cheyenne people during their historic 1878–79 exodus from Oklahoma to their Montana homeland.
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A.
Little Big Man
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western-comedy film starring Dustin Hoffman that satirically reexamines U.S. frontier history and Native American relations.
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B.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a South African anti-apartheid drama film produced by Anant Singh that explores truth, reconciliation, and past political crimes through a courtroom investigation.
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C.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, set on a rubber plantation in French Indochina.
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D.
Red Dust
Red Dust is a film associated with director Tom Hooper, known as one of his earlier dramatic works before his rise to international prominence.
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E.
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is a 1962 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, celebrated for its elegiac tone and exploration of aging lawmen facing a changing frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cheyenne Autumn (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Mari Sandoz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | William H. Clothier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
Cheyenne people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Cheyenne Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| editedBy | Michael Luciano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | Super Panavision 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingMPAA | Approved ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Wyatt Earp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Cheyenne exodus from Indian Territory to homeland ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of John Ford's last Westerns ⓘ |
| portrays | U.S. government treatment of Native Americans ⓘ |
| portraysActorAsCharacter | James Stewart as Wyatt Earp ⓘ |
| producer | Bernard Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ford-Smith Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1964-10-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtime | 154 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | James R. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Montana
NERFINISHED
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Oklahoma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1878–1879 ⓘ |
| stars |
Carroll Baker
NERFINISHED
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Dolores del Río NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Roland NERFINISHED ⓘ James Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Malden NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricardo Montalbán NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Widmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
forced relocation of Native Americans
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injustice ⓘ survival ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cheyenne Autumn Description of subject: Cheyenne Autumn is a 1964 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the struggles of the Cheyenne people during their historic 1878–79 exodus from Oklahoma to their Montana homeland.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.