The Hatchet Man
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The Hatchet Man is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood crime drama film notable for its portrayal of gang rivalries within San Francisco’s Chinatown.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Hatchet Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hatchet Man Context triple: [Francis Edward Faragoh, workedOn, The Hatchet Man]
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A.
The Hatchetmen
The Hatchetmen is the nickname of Crusaders FC, a Northern Irish professional football club based in Belfast.
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B.
The Big Knife
The Big Knife is a 1955 American film noir drama that critiques the moral corruption of Hollywood through the story of a conflicted movie star trapped by a ruthless studio system.
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C.
The Executioner
The Executioner is a downloadable content expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within that lets players experience the story from the perspective of the hulking Keeper enemy in first-person combat-focused gameplay.
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D.
The Executioner
The Executioner is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, a legendary American professional boxer known for his defensive mastery, longevity, and multiple middleweight and light heavyweight world titles.
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E.
The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand is a 1953 American Western film starring Joel McCrea, with Wanda Hendrix in a supporting role.
- 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 Hatchet Man Target entity description: The Hatchet Man is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood crime drama film notable for its portrayal of gang rivalries within San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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A.
The Hatchetmen
The Hatchetmen is the nickname of Crusaders FC, a Northern Irish professional football club based in Belfast.
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B.
The Big Knife
The Big Knife is a 1955 American film noir drama that critiques the moral corruption of Hollywood through the story of a conflicted movie star trapped by a ruthless studio system.
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C.
The Executioner
The Executioner is a downloadable content expansion for the survival horror game The Evil Within that lets players experience the story from the perspective of the hulking Keeper enemy in first-person combat-focused gameplay.
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D.
The Executioner
The Executioner is the ring nickname of Bernard Hopkins, a legendary American professional boxer known for his defensive mastery, longevity, and multiple middleweight and light heavyweight world titles.
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E.
The Lone Hand
The Lone Hand is a 1953 American Western film starring Joel McCrea, with Wanda Hendrix in a supporting role.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime drama film
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film ⓘ pre-Code film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Hatchet Man (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor |
Achmed Abdullah
NERFINISHED
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Harold Buckley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Dudley Digges
NERFINISHED
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E. Alyn Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Breese NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Carrol Naish NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Fenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Loretta Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Hopton NERFINISHED ⓘ Tully Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Sidney Hickox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dialogueLanguage | English ⓘ |
| director | William A. Wellman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Owen Marks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEra | pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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drama film ⓘ gangster film ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingEra | pre-Motion Picture Production Code enforcement ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
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loyalty ⓘ organized crime ⓘ |
| leadActor | Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActress | Loretta Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Toy Loy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wong Low Get NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernhard Kaun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Chinese-American tongs
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gang rivalries ⓘ |
| notableFor | portrayal of gang rivalries in San Francisco’s Chinatown ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1932-02-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 74 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Francis Larkin
NERFINISHED
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Jules Furthman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chinatown, San Francisco
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Hatchet Man Description of subject: The Hatchet Man is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood crime drama film notable for its portrayal of gang rivalries within San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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