A Killing in a Small Town
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A Killing in a Small Town is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film, inspired by a real-life Texas murder case, that earned critical acclaim for Barbara Hershey’s lead performance.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Killing in a Small Town canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10615748 — 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: A Killing in a Small Town Context triple: [Barbara Hershey, notableWork, A Killing in a Small Town]
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A.
The Town That Was Murdered
The Town That Was Murdered is a 1939 political and social history book by British Labour politician Ellen Wilkinson about the decline and destruction of the shipbuilding town of Jarrow and the wider injustices of interwar unemployment.
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B.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
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C.
Murder in Successville
Murder in Successville is a British semi-improvised comedy-drama TV series that parodies crime procedurals by placing celebrity guests into a surreal town populated by caricatured versions of real-world stars.
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D.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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E.
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
- 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: A Killing in a Small Town Target entity description: A Killing in a Small Town is a 1990 American made-for-television crime drama film, inspired by a real-life Texas murder case, that earned critical acclaim for Barbara Hershey’s lead performance.
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A.
The Town That Was Murdered
The Town That Was Murdered is a 1939 political and social history book by British Labour politician Ellen Wilkinson about the decline and destruction of the shipbuilding town of Jarrow and the wider injustices of interwar unemployment.
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B.
The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 neo-noir crime thriller film, based on Jim Thompson’s novel, in which Casey Affleck plays a seemingly mild-mannered small-town deputy sheriff hiding a violent psychopathic nature.
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C.
Murder in Successville
Murder in Successville is a British semi-improvised comedy-drama TV series that parodies crime procedurals by placing celebrity guests into a surreal town populated by caricatured versions of real-world stars.
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D.
The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door is a true-crime psychology book by David M. Buss that explores the evolutionary and emotional roots of homicidal behavior in everyday people.
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E.
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill
"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is a darkly comic horror segment from the anthology film Creepshow, based on a Stephen King story about a backwoods farmer whose encounter with a meteorite leads to a grotesque, plant-like transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television film ⓘ |
| awardRecognition |
Barbara Hershey Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special
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Barbara Hershey Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
book "Evidence of Love"
NERFINISHED
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real-life Texas murder case ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Elliot Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Patrick Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstBroadcast | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Stephen Gyllenhaal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | CBS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Michael Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Texas (approximate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastInYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| format | made-for-television film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Evidence of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
legal drama
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marital conflict ⓘ violent crime in small-town America ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Candy Montgomery murder case NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTelevisionFilm | true ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| leadPerformanceBy | Barbara Hershey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor | Barbara Hershey’s Emmy-winning performance ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredAs | CBS television movie ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf | American television films of the 1990s ⓘ |
| portrays | suburban Texas community ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Republic Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedCriticalAcclaimFor | Barbara Hershey’s performance ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Cynthia Cidre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Hershey
NERFINISHED
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Brian Dennehy NERFINISHED ⓘ Hal Holbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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