Crossroads (1942 film)
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Crossroads (1942 film) is a 1942 American mystery drama starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr about a French diplomat blackmailed over a murky past involving amnesia and possible wartime crimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Crossroads (1942 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9985935 — 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)
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Target entity: Crossroads (1942 film) Context triple: [Jack Conway, directed, Crossroads (1942 film)]
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Criss Cross (1949 film)
Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, noted for its fatalistic love triangle and starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.
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"At the Crossroads"
"At the Crossroads" is the English title of the Israeli film "Al Parashat Derakhim," a drama exploring intersecting lives and moral choices.
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C.
Crossroads (album)
Crossroads is the 1989 sophomore studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, blending folk, rock, and socially conscious lyrics.
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A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American romantic drama film, based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," renowned for its tragic love story and acclaimed performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.
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E.
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a multi-platinum 1999 country album by Tim McGraw that features several hit singles and helped solidify his status as a major star in the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossroads (1942 film) Target entity description: Crossroads (1942 film) is a 1942 American mystery drama starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr about a French diplomat blackmailed over a murky past involving amnesia and possible wartime crimes.
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A.
Criss Cross (1949 film)
Criss Cross is a 1949 American film noir crime drama directed by Robert Siodmak, noted for its fatalistic love triangle and starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo.
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B.
"At the Crossroads"
"At the Crossroads" is the English title of the Israeli film "Al Parashat Derakhim," a drama exploring intersecting lives and moral choices.
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C.
Crossroads (album)
Crossroads is the 1989 sophomore studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, blending folk, rock, and socially conscious lyrics.
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D.
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American romantic drama film, based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel "An American Tragedy," renowned for its tragic love story and acclaimed performances by Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift.
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E.
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a multi-platinum 1999 country album by Tim McGraw that features several hit singles and helped solidify his status as a major star in the genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original story by John H. Lee ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Karl Freund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jack Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Frank E. Hull NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
mystery ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
guilt
ⓘ
identity ⓘ memory loss ⓘ wartime morality ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | William Powell as David Talbot ⓘ |
| leadActressRole | Hedy Lamarr as Lucienne Talbot ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | French diplomat ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | French diplomat blackmailed over his past ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
amnesia
ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ possible wartime crimes ⓘ |
| producer | Edwin H. Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1940s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 84 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Guy Trosper
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John H. Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Akim Tamiroff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Basil Rathbone NERFINISHED ⓘ Claire Trevor NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix Bressart NERFINISHED ⓘ Hedy Lamarr NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Wycherly NERFINISHED ⓘ William Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Crossroads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crossroads (1942 film) Description of subject: Crossroads (1942 film) is a 1942 American mystery drama starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr about a French diplomat blackmailed over a murky past involving amnesia and possible wartime crimes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jack Conway