Ben

1972 film by Phil Karlson
Movie film Q1767655
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Summary

Ben is a film[1]. Ben ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Phil Karlson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Gilbert Ralston[4]
  • Composer: Walter Scharf[5]
  • Genre: horror film[6], thriller film[7]
  • Cast member: Lee Montgomery[8], Joseph Campanella[9], Arthur O'Connell[10], Meredith Baxter[11], Rosemary Murphy[12]
  • Producer: Morton Briskin[13]
  • Production company: Bing Crosby Productions[14]
  • Director of photography: Russell Metty[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Review score: 5.5/10[17], 60%[18]
  • Color: color[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Publication date: June 21, 1972[21], June 23, 1972[22], September 20, 1972[23], October 4, 1972[24], October 19, 1972[25], October 20, 1972[26], January 7, 1973[27], February 12, 1973[28], April 19, 1973[29], May 25, 1973[30], September 21, 1973[31], January 9, 1975[32]
  • Lyricist: Don Black[33]
  • Distributed by: Cinerama Releasing Corporation[34]
  • Film editor: Harry W. Gerstad[35]
  • Title: Ben[36]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[37]
  • MPA film rating: PG[38]
  • Duration: 134 minutes[39]

Why It Matters

Ben has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Ben is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ht', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', 'no', 'pt', '
    Ampas collections film id → W088387
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W088387, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 68264
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 66843
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 66843, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  4. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 23282
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1972-06-21T00:00:00Z, +1972-06-23T00:00:00Z, +1972-09-20T00:00:00Z +9
    Screenwriter → Gilbert Ralston
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+134'}
    Mpa film rating → PG
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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