The Nickel Ride
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The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American neo-noir crime film directed by Robert Mulligan that follows a weary crime middleman whose underworld status begins to crumble.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Nickel Ride canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10885035 — 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: The Nickel Ride Context triple: [Jason Miller, appearedIn, The Nickel Ride]
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A.
Calico Mine Ride
Calico Mine Ride is a classic themed dark ride at Knott's Berry Farm that takes guests on an underground journey through a detailed, animatronic-filled Old West mining operation.
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B.
Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel is a historic steel Ferris wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, renowned as an iconic seaside amusement attraction.
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C.
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride was a now-defunct indoor roller coaster themed as an old mining adventure that once operated at the Dreamworld theme park in Australia.
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D.
The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel is a 1979 performance-installation artwork by Chris Burden in which a large flywheel powered by a motorcycle dramatically explores themes of energy, danger, and mechanical force.
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E.
Carnival Ride
Carnival Ride is the second studio album by American country singer Carrie Underwood, featuring a blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced tracks that solidified her post–American Idol success.
- 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 Nickel Ride Target entity description: The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American neo-noir crime film directed by Robert Mulligan that follows a weary crime middleman whose underworld status begins to crumble.
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A.
Calico Mine Ride
Calico Mine Ride is a classic themed dark ride at Knott's Berry Farm that takes guests on an underground journey through a detailed, animatronic-filled Old West mining operation.
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B.
Wonder Wheel
Wonder Wheel is a historic steel Ferris wheel at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, renowned as an iconic seaside amusement attraction.
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C.
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride
Eureka Mountain Mine Ride was a now-defunct indoor roller coaster themed as an old mining adventure that once operated at the Dreamworld theme park in Australia.
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D.
The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel is a 1979 performance-installation artwork by Chris Burden in which a large flywheel powered by a motorcycle dramatically explores themes of energy, danger, and mechanical force.
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E.
Carnival Ride
Carnival Ride is the second studio album by American country singer Carrie Underwood, featuring a blend of contemporary country and pop-influenced tracks that solidified her post–American Idol success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Jordan Cronenweth ⓘ |
| composer | Dave Grusin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Robert Mulligan ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editor | O. Nicholas Brown ⓘ |
| filmFormat | color ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
ⓘ
drama ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
betrayal
ⓘ
decline of power ⓘ organized crime ⓘ paranoia ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cooper ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A weary crime middleman sees his status in the underworld begin to crumble. ⓘ |
| producer | David Foster ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | crime middleman ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s American cinema ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 99 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eric Roth ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Bo Hopkins
ⓘ
Jason Miller ⓘ John Hillerman ⓘ Linda Haynes ⓘ Victor French ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Nickel Ride Description of subject: The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American neo-noir crime film directed by Robert Mulligan that follows a weary crime middleman whose underworld status begins to crumble.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.