While the City Sleeps
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"While the City Sleeps" is a 1956 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, centered on a media empire’s ruthless internal power struggle amid the hunt for a serial killer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| While the City Sleeps canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9552941 — 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: While the City Sleeps Context triple: [Howard Duff, notableWork, While the City Sleeps]
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A.
The City in the Middle of the Night
The City in the Middle of the Night is a science fiction novel by Charlie Jane Anders set on a tidally locked planet, exploring themes of social inequality, alien communication, and the reshaping of human society.
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B.
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" is an indie electronic song by The Postal Service, known for its melancholic lyrics, gentle vocals, and glitchy, synth-driven production.
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C.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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D.
Silenced by the Night
"Silenced by the Night" is a 2012 piano-driven rock ballad by the English band Keane, released as a single from their fourth studio album "Strangeland."
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E.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof is a 1995 French historical adventure-romance film set during a 19th-century cholera epidemic in Provence, based on Jean Giono’s novel and starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez.
- 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: While the City Sleeps Target entity description: "While the City Sleeps" is a 1956 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, centered on a media empire’s ruthless internal power struggle amid the hunt for a serial killer.
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A.
The City in the Middle of the Night
The City in the Middle of the Night is a science fiction novel by Charlie Jane Anders set on a tidally locked planet, exploring themes of social inequality, alien communication, and the reshaping of human society.
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B.
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
"The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" is an indie electronic song by The Postal Service, known for its melancholic lyrics, gentle vocals, and glitchy, synth-driven production.
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C.
In the Night
"In the Night" is a dark, synth-driven R&B/pop song by The Weeknd that explores themes of trauma and survival, released as a single from his album *Beauty Behind the Madness*.
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D.
Cry of the City
Cry of the City is a 1948 film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, known for its gritty depiction of urban corruption and moral ambiguity in postwar New York City.
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E.
Silenced by the Night
"Silenced by the Night" is a 2012 piano-driven rock ballad by the English band Keane, released as a single from their fourth studio album "Strangeland."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Charles Einstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Bloody Spur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Ernest Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Gene Fowler Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification |
media industry drama
ⓘ
newspaper film ⓘ |
| hasFritzLangFilmographyPosition | late American period of Fritz Lang ⓘ |
| hasSerialKillerCharacter | John Drew Barrymore character ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ambition and corruption in the press
ⓘ
corporate rivalry ⓘ sensationalist journalism ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Herschel Burke Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
hunt for a serial killer
ⓘ
media empire power struggle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of mass media sensationalism
ⓘ
depiction of newsroom politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American film noir canon ⓘ |
| producer | Bert E. Friedlob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Bert E. Friedlob Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Casey Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| starring |
Dana Andrews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Sanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Duff NERFINISHED ⓘ Ida Lupino NERFINISHED ⓘ John Drew Barrymore NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhonda Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Hollywood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: While the City Sleeps Description of subject: "While the City Sleeps" is a 1956 film noir crime drama directed by Fritz Lang, centered on a media empire’s ruthless internal power struggle amid the hunt for a serial killer.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.