The Outfit
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The Outfit is a 1973 American crime film, based on a Donald E. Westlake novel, that follows a professional thief seeking revenge against a powerful criminal syndicate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Outfit canonical | 2 |
| The Outfit (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9913554 — 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 Outfit Context triple: [The Outfit (1973 film), title, The Outfit]
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A.
The Outfit
The Outfit is a 2022 crime thriller film centered on a meticulous English tailor in Chicago who becomes entangled with dangerous mobsters over the course of a tense night.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Machine Gun Corps
The Machine Gun Corps was a specialized British Army unit formed during World War I to provide concentrated machine-gun fire support on the battlefield.
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D.
Stumptown
Stumptown is a historic nickname for Portland, Oregon, referencing the city’s rapid 19th-century growth that left tree stumps scattered throughout the area.
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E.
Stumptown
Stumptown is a television crime drama series based on the graphic novel of the same name, following a sharp-witted military veteran turned private investigator in Portland, Oregon.
- 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 Outfit Target entity description: The Outfit is a 1973 American crime film, based on a Donald E. Westlake novel, that follows a professional thief seeking revenge against a powerful criminal syndicate.
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A.
The Outfit
The Outfit is a 2022 crime thriller film centered on a meticulous English tailor in Chicago who becomes entangled with dangerous mobsters over the course of a tense night.
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B.
Stakeout
"Stakeout" is a 1987 American buddy-cop comedy thriller film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez as detectives assigned to surveil an escaped convict’s ex-girlfriend.
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C.
Machine Gun Corps
The Machine Gun Corps was a specialized British Army unit formed during World War I to provide concentrated machine-gun fire support on the battlefield.
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D.
Stumptown
Stumptown is a historic nickname for Portland, Oregon, referencing the city’s rapid 19th-century growth that left tree stumps scattered throughout the area.
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E.
Stumptown
Stumptown is a television crime drama series based on the graphic novel of the same name, following a sharp-witted military veteran turned private investigator in Portland, Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Donald E. Westlake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Outfit (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedByJoeDonBaker | Cody NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedByKarenBlack | Bett Harrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedByRobertDuvall | Earl Macklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayedByRobertRyan | Mailer ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Bruce Surtees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | John Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Ralph Winters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Earl Macklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
organized crime
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Parker series adaptations ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A professional thief seeks revenge against a powerful criminal syndicate after his brother is murdered. ⓘ |
| producer | Carter DeHaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | professional thief ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1963 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 1973 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Flynn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthorPseudonym | Richard Stark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkSeries | Parker novels ⓘ |
| stars |
Elisha Cook Jr.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Felice Orlandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanna Cassidy NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Don Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Karen Black NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Jaeckel NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Duvall NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sheree North NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Lacher NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Reese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Outfit Description of subject: The Outfit is a 1973 American crime film, based on a Donald E. Westlake novel, that follows a professional thief seeking revenge against a powerful criminal syndicate.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Outfit (novel)