Suspect
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Suspect is a 1987 American legal thriller film starring Cher and Dennis Quaid that follows a public defender and a juror who secretly team up to investigate a murder case.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Suspect canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10649492 — 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: Suspect Context triple: [Peter Yates, directed, Suspect]
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A.
The Suspect
"The Suspect" is a 1944 film noir thriller in which Charles Laughton plays a mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk driven toward murder, noted for its atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak.
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B.
Vague Suspicions
"Vague Suspicions" is a track from Esperanza Spalding's jazz-influenced album "Radio Music Society," showcasing her blend of intricate bass work, rich harmonies, and socially conscious songwriting.
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C.
Suspicion
"Suspicion" is a British thriller television series that follows a group of ordinary people who become prime suspects in a high-profile kidnapping.
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D.
Six Suspects
Six Suspects is a crime mystery novel by Indian author Vikas Swarup that intertwines the stories of six accused individuals in the murder of a corrupt playboy.
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E.
Guilty
Guilty is a 1980 collaborative studio album by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb that blends pop and adult contemporary styles and became one of Streisand’s most commercially successful releases.
- 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: Suspect Target entity description: Suspect is a 1987 American legal thriller film starring Cher and Dennis Quaid that follows a public defender and a juror who secretly team up to investigate a murder case.
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A.
The Suspect
"The Suspect" is a 1944 film noir thriller in which Charles Laughton plays a mild-mannered Victorian-era clerk driven toward murder, noted for its atmospheric direction by Robert Siodmak.
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B.
Vague Suspicions
"Vague Suspicions" is a track from Esperanza Spalding's jazz-influenced album "Radio Music Society," showcasing her blend of intricate bass work, rich harmonies, and socially conscious songwriting.
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C.
Suspicion
"Suspicion" is a British thriller television series that follows a group of ordinary people who become prime suspects in a high-profile kidnapping.
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D.
Six Suspects
Six Suspects is a crime mystery novel by Indian author Vikas Swarup that intertwines the stories of six accused individuals in the murder of a corrupt playboy.
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E.
Guilty
Guilty is a 1980 collaborative studio album by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb that blends pop and adult contemporary styles and became one of Streisand’s most commercially successful releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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legal thriller film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Billy Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter Yates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | Tri-Star Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | United States theatrical release ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ray Lovejoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterOccupation |
homeless veteran
ⓘ
juror ⓘ public defender ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live-action ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
judicial ethics
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jury misconduct ⓘ wrongful accusation ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays |
Cher as Kathleen Riley
ⓘ
Dennis Quaid as Eddie Sanger NERFINISHED ⓘ Liam Neeson as Carl Wayne Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Carl Wayne Anderson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eddie Sanger NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | investigation of a politically sensitive murder case ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A public defender and a juror secretly collaborate to investigate a murder case involving a homeless veteran accused of killing a Justice Department file clerk. ⓘ |
| portrays | public defender investigating a murder case ⓘ |
| producer |
Daniel A. Sherkow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerry Weintraub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s American films ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 121 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eric Roth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zoe Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Cher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dennis Quaid NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Mantegna NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mahoney NERFINISHED ⓘ Liam Neeson NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Bosco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyBy | Peter Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Suspect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Suspect Description of subject: Suspect is a 1987 American legal thriller film starring Cher and Dennis Quaid that follows a public defender and a juror who secretly team up to investigate a murder case.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.