Boomerang

1947 film by Elia Kazan
Movie film Q2269586
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Boomerang

Summary

Boomerang is a film[1]. Boomerang ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boomerang received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].
  • Boomerang's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Boomerang's director is recorded as Elia Kazan[5].
  • Boomerang's screenwriter is recorded as Richard Murphy[6].
  • Boomerang's composer is recorded as David Buttolph[7].
  • Boomerang's genre is recorded as docudrama[8].
  • Boomerang's genre is recorded as film noir[9].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Dana Andrews[10].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Jane Wyatt[11].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Lee J. Cobb[12].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Ed Begley[13].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Karl Malden[14].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Arthur Kennedy[15].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Taylor Holmes[16].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Sam Levene[17].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Robert Keith[18].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Barry Kelley[19].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Cara Williams[20].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Edgar Stehli[21].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Frank Overton[22].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Reed Hadley[23].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Richard Garrick[24].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Brian Keith[25].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Philip Coolidge[26].
  • Boomerang's cast member is recorded as Bert Freed[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Boomerang's producer is recorded as Louis de Rochemont[28]. Boomerang's director is recorded as Elia Kazan[5]. Boomerang's screenwriter is recorded as Richard Murphy[6]. Cast members include Dana Andrews[10], Jane Wyatt[11], Lee J. Cobb[12], Ed Begley[13], Karl Malden[14], and Arthur Kennedy[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z[29], +1947-02-28T00:00:00Z[30], and +1947-04-09T00:00:00Z[31]. Boomerang's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[32]. Genres include docudrama[8] and film noir[9].

Reception

Boomerang received the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3]. Boomerang's review score is recorded as 76%[33].

Why It Matters

Boomerang ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2] Boomerang has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Boomerang is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Boomerang receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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