They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film)
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They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American drama film that follows a World War I veteran whose wartime experiences lead him into a life of crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11135635 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film) Context triple: [Leon Gordon, workedOn, They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film)]
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A.
Billy the Kid (1930 film)
Billy the Kid (1930 film) is a pre-Code Western starring Johnny Mack Brown as the legendary outlaw in one of the early sound-era depictions of the famous gunslinger.
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B.
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
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C.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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D.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
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E.
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
- 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: They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film) Target entity description: They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American drama film that follows a World War I veteran whose wartime experiences lead him into a life of crime.
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A.
Billy the Kid (1930 film)
Billy the Kid (1930 film) is a pre-Code Western starring Johnny Mack Brown as the legendary outlaw in one of the early sound-era depictions of the famous gunslinger.
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B.
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime thriller, best known for pairing Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in one of the genre’s defining early roles.
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C.
The Left Handed Gun
The Left Handed Gun is a 1958 Western film dramatizing the life of Billy the Kid, noted for its psychologically complex, revisionist take on the outlaw legend.
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D.
Winchester '73
Winchester '73 is a classic 1950 American Western film starring James Stewart, renowned for its innovative focus on a prized rifle that links multiple characters and stories.
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E.
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Shakiest Gun in the West is a 1968 comedy Western film starring Don Knotts as a bumbling frontier dentist who inadvertently becomes a reluctant hero.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| basedOn |
They Gave Him a Gun (novel)
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linked to:
They Gave Him a Gun
|
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Harold Rosson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | W. S. Van Dyke ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ben Lewis ⓘ |
| filmingStudio |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
ⓘ
linked to:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasTitle | They Gave Him a Gun ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | World War I veteran ⓘ |
| musicBy | William Axt ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
crime
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moral conflict ⓘ postwar trauma ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 1930s American films ⓘ |
| producer | Harry Rapf ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1937-04-16 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Idwal Jones
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Leon Gordon ⓘ |
| setDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| starring |
Franchot Tone
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Gladys George ⓘ Spencer Tracy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: They Gave Him a Gun (1937 film) Description of subject: They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American drama film that follows a World War I veteran whose wartime experiences lead him into a life of crime.
Referenced by (1)
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