Murphy's War
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Murphy's War is a 1971 World War II adventure drama film starring Peter O'Toole as a vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat in the Orinoco River.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Murphy's War canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Murphy's War Context triple: [Peter Yates, directed, Murphy's War]
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A.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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B.
Hart's War
Hart's War is a World War II drama film centered on an American POW and a racially charged court-martial inside a German prison camp.
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C.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
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D.
The Men from Shiloh
The Men from Shiloh is a rebranded final-season version of the classic American Western TV series The Virginian, featuring a revamped format, cast changes, and a more modern, stylized approach to the genre.
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E.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
- 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: Murphy's War Target entity description: Murphy's War is a 1971 World War II adventure drama film starring Peter O'Toole as a vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat in the Orinoco River.
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A.
A Soldier's Story
A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American drama film adapted from Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, exploring racism and justice within a segregated Black army unit during World War II.
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B.
Hart's War
Hart's War is a World War II drama film centered on an American POW and a racially charged court-martial inside a German prison camp.
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C.
Men of Honor
Men of Honor is a 2000 biographical drama film about the struggles and achievements of Carl Brashear, the U.S. Navy’s first Black master diver.
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D.
The Men from Shiloh
The Men from Shiloh is a rebranded final-season version of the classic American Western TV series The Virginian, featuring a revamped format, cast changes, and a more modern, stylized approach to the genre.
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E.
Merrill's Marauders
Merrill's Marauders were a famed American long-range jungle warfare unit of World War II that conducted deep-penetration missions behind Japanese lines in the China-Burma-India theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| antagonist | German U-boat ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Max Catto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Murphy's War (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnPublicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
CIC (in some territories)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | John Glen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Orinoco River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
drama ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasBoatOrShip |
seaplane used by Murphy
ⓘ
tanker attacked by U-boat ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
revenge
ⓘ
survival ⓘ war and morality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | seaman ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of single-handed war against a submarine ⓘ |
| producer |
Don Devlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Deeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUK | 1971 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 107 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Stanley Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Orinoco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkInstanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| starring |
Horst Janson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter O'Toole NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Noiret NERFINISHED ⓘ Siân Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeSetting | final months of World War II ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Murphy's War Description of subject: Murphy's War is a 1971 World War II adventure drama film starring Peter O'Toole as a vengeful seaman hunting a German U-boat in the Orinoco River.
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