The Spiritualist
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"The Spiritualist" is a 1948 film noir thriller about a fraudulent medium whose schemes entangle him with a wealthy widow and her troubled household.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Spiritualist canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11154540 — 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: The Spiritualist Context triple: [Lynn Bari, appearedIn, The Spiritualist]
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A.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
The Spiritualists and the Detectives is a 19th-century detective work by Allan Pinkerton that recounts his agency’s investigations involving spiritualist mediums and related frauds.
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B.
Spiritualism
Spiritualism is a religious and philosophical movement centered on the belief that the spirits of the dead can and do communicate with the living, often through mediums and séances.
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C.
Die Entdeckung des Geistes
Die Entdeckung des Geistes is a seminal philosophical and philological study that traces the emergence of Western concepts of mind, self, and rationality in ancient Greek literature and thought.
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D.
The Gospel According to Spiritism
The Gospel According to Spiritism is a foundational 1864 work by Allan Kardec that interprets the moral teachings of Jesus through the lens of Spiritist philosophy and communication with spirits.
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E.
The Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist is a young adult science fiction novel by Eoin Colfer set in a dystopian future where a group of teens hunt invisible life-sucking creatures.
- 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: The Spiritualist Target entity description: "The Spiritualist" is a 1948 film noir thriller about a fraudulent medium whose schemes entangle him with a wealthy widow and her troubled household.
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A.
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
The Spiritualists and the Detectives is a 19th-century detective work by Allan Pinkerton that recounts his agency’s investigations involving spiritualist mediums and related frauds.
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B.
Spiritualism
Spiritualism is a religious and philosophical movement centered on the belief that the spirits of the dead can and do communicate with the living, often through mediums and séances.
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C.
Die Entdeckung des Geistes
Die Entdeckung des Geistes is a seminal philosophical and philological study that traces the emergence of Western concepts of mind, self, and rationality in ancient Greek literature and thought.
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D.
The Gospel According to Spiritism
The Gospel According to Spiritism is a foundational 1864 work by Allan Kardec that interprets the moral teachings of Jesus through the lens of Spiritist philosophy and communication with spirits.
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E.
The Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist is a young adult science fiction novel by Eoin Colfer set in a dystopian future where a group of teens hunt invisible life-sucking creatures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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film noir ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Amazing Mr. X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| characterIn |
fraudulent medium
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wealthy widow ⓘ |
| cinematographer | John Alton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Bernard Vorhaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Eagle-Lion Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Harry Gerstad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | classic Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
film noir
ⓘ
thriller ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Cathy O’Donnell
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Risdon NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Mendoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Lynn Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Carlson NERFINISHED ⓘ Turhan Bey NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Gregg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
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fraud ⓘ grief ⓘ spiritualism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alexander Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a con artist medium manipulating a bereaved woman ⓘ |
| notableFor | cinematography by John Alton ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A fraudulent spiritualist medium preys on a wealthy widow and becomes entangled in the tensions of her troubled household. ⓘ |
| producer | Jack J. Gross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Reliance Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1948-10-30 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 78 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Forrest Judd
NERFINISHED
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Ian McLellan Hunter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | seaside mansion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary to late 1940s ⓘ |
| visualStyle | high-contrast cinematography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Spiritualist Description of subject: "The Spiritualist" is a 1948 film noir thriller about a fraudulent medium whose schemes entangle him with a wealthy widow and her troubled household.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.