The Good Shepherd

2006 film directed by Robert De Niro
Movie film Q786562
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Summary

The Good Shepherd is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,090 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Robert De Niro[3]
  • Screenwriter: Eric Roth[4]
  • Composer: Bruce Fowler[5]
  • Genre: crime film[6], drama film[7], action film[8]
  • Cast member: Matt Damon[9], Angelina Jolie[10], William Hurt[11], Alec Baldwin[12], Robert De Niro[13], Billy Crudup[14], Michael Gambon[15], Timothy Hutton[16], Joe Pesci[17], John Turturro[18], Lee Pace[19], Gabriel Macht[20], Eddie Redmayne[21], Laila Robins[22]
  • Producer: James G. Robinson[23], Robert De Niro[24], Jane Rosenthal[25], Francis Ford Coppola[26]
  • Depicts: Bay of Pigs invasion[27], Skull and Bones[28]
  • Production company: Morgan Creek Entertainment[29], TriBeCa Productions[30], American Zoetrope[31]
  • Director of photography: Robert Richardson[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33], German[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[36], 56%[37], 61/100[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: United States[40]
  • Publication date: December 11, 2006[41], February 15, 2007[42]
  • Characters: James Jesus Angleton[43], Richard M. Bissell, Jr.[44], Clover Todd Dulles[45], William J. Donovan[46], Allen W. Dulles[47], Sam Giancana[48], Santo Trafficante[49], Kim Philby[50], James Forrestal[51], Anatoliy Golitsyn[52], Yuri Modin[53], Richard Helms[54], Yuri Nosenko[55]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[56], Netflix[57]
  • Narrative location: Connecticut[58]

Why It Matters

The Good Shepherd has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  39. [41] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa',
    Ampas collections film id → W087452
    Sitelink count → 40
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filming location → New York City, Washington, D.C., London +1
    Main subject → Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Strategic Services, espionage +2
    Narrative location → Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Berlin +2
    Depicts → Bay of Pigs invasion, Skull and Bones
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  3. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, Cold War, 20th century
    Main subject → Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Strategic Services, espionage +2
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  4. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 39344
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  5. 10w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14710 → F00405
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 49822
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  7. 17w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → film
    Cast member → Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, William Hurt +29
    Composer → Bruce Fowler
    Costume designer → Ann Roth
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