The Walking Hills
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The Walking Hills is a 1949 American Western film noir that blends a treasure-hunt plot with psychological drama, directed by John Sturges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Walking Hills canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11379415 — 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 Walking Hills Context triple: [John Sturges, directed, The Walking Hills]
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A.
Hanging Hills
Hanging Hills is a rugged traprock mountain ridge in central Connecticut known for its dramatic cliffs, scenic vistas, and popular hiking trails.
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B.
Somewhere in the Hills
"Somewhere in the Hills" is a jazz track featured on the album *Encanto*, likely showcasing melodic, Latin-influenced arrangements.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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E.
The Angry Hills
The Angry Hills is a 1959 war drama film set in Nazi-occupied Greece, known for its tense espionage plot and starring Robert Mitchum and Gia Scala.
- 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 Walking Hills Target entity description: The Walking Hills is a 1949 American Western film noir that blends a treasure-hunt plot with psychological drama, directed by John Sturges.
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A.
Hanging Hills
Hanging Hills is a rugged traprock mountain ridge in central Connecticut known for its dramatic cliffs, scenic vistas, and popular hiking trails.
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B.
Somewhere in the Hills
"Somewhere in the Hills" is a jazz track featured on the album *Encanto*, likely showcasing melodic, Latin-influenced arrangements.
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C.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a secluded, woodland gorge in Central Park featuring winding paths, a stream, and rustic bridges that evoke a natural forest landscape.
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D.
The Ravine
The Ravine is a wooded, stream-carved gorge in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park that evokes a natural forest landscape within the urban park.
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E.
The Angry Hills
The Angry Hills is a 1959 war drama film set in Nazi-occupied Greece, known for its tense espionage plot and starring Robert Mitchum and Gia Scala.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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Western film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Alan Le May ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Charles Lawton Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Arthur Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | John Sturges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| editor | Gene Havlick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1940s American cinema ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | black-and-white cinematography ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
ⓘ
film noir ⓘ |
| hasFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | group of people searching for lost gold ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of Western and film noir elements
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early directorial work of John Sturges ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotKeyword |
buried gold
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psychological drama ⓘ treasure hunt ⓘ |
| producer | Harry Joe Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-03-05 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 78 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alan Le May
NERFINISHED
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Charles Schnee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American desert ⓘ |
| starring |
Arthur Kennedy
NERFINISHED
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Blake Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ella Raines NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Courtland NERFINISHED ⓘ John Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh White NERFINISHED ⓘ Randolph Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: The Walking Hills Description of subject: The Walking Hills is a 1949 American Western film noir that blends a treasure-hunt plot with psychological drama, directed by John Sturges.
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