Stranger on the Third Floor
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Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir often cited as one of the earliest examples of the genre, known for its expressionistic style and psychological tension.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stranger on the Third Floor canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10299021 — 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: Stranger on the Third Floor Context triple: [Elisha Cook Jr., notableWork, Stranger on the Third Floor]
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A.
Apartment Story
"Apartment Story" is a song by American indie rock band The National, featured on their critically acclaimed 2007 album "Boxer."
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B.
Penthouse Floor
"Penthouse Floor" is a socially conscious R&B track by John Legend featuring Chance the Rapper that critiques wealth, privilege, and social inequality.
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C.
Stranger at the Table
"Stranger at the Table" is a song from Chance the Rapper and Jeremih’s collaborative Christmas-themed mixtape "Merry Christmas Lil Mama."
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D.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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E.
House of Strangers
House of Strangers is a 1949 film noir–style drama about a ruthless Italian-American banker and his conflicted sons, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson and Richard Conte.
- 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: Stranger on the Third Floor Target entity description: Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir often cited as one of the earliest examples of the genre, known for its expressionistic style and psychological tension.
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A.
Apartment Story
"Apartment Story" is a song by American indie rock band The National, featured on their critically acclaimed 2007 album "Boxer."
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B.
Penthouse Floor
"Penthouse Floor" is a socially conscious R&B track by John Legend featuring Chance the Rapper that critiques wealth, privilege, and social inequality.
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C.
Stranger at the Table
"Stranger at the Table" is a song from Chance the Rapper and Jeremih’s collaborative Christmas-themed mixtape "Merry Christmas Lil Mama."
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D.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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E.
House of Strangers
House of Strangers is a 1949 film noir–style drama about a ruthless Italian-American banker and his conflicted sons, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson and Richard Conte.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Nicholas Musuraca ⓘ |
| composer | Roy Webb ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States of America ⓘ |
| criticalReputation | often cited as one of the earliest film noirs ⓘ |
| director | Boris Ingster ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Robert Wise ⓘ |
| era |
Golden Age of Hollywood
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood Golden Age
|
| genre |
crime film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| hasFilmTechnique |
chiaroscuro cinematography
ⓘ
expressionist lighting ⓘ stylized dream sequence ⓘ subjective camera ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jane
ⓘ
Michael Ward ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Production Code era film ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of American film noir
ⓘ
expressionistic visual style ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ use of dream sequence ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | RKO film catalog ⓘ |
| producer | Lee Marcus ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-08-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 64 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Frank Partos ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Charles Waldron
ⓘ
Elisabeth Risdon ⓘ Elisha Cook Jr. ⓘ John McGuire ⓘ Margaret Tallichet ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of the justice system
ⓘ
guilt and paranoia ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ wrongful conviction ⓘ |
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Subject: Stranger on the Third Floor Description of subject: Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir often cited as one of the earliest examples of the genre, known for its expressionistic style and psychological tension.
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