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They Gave Him a Gun

1937 film by W. S. Van Dyke
Movie film Q7783714
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They Gave Him a Gun

Summary

They Gave Him a Gun is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • They Gave Him a Gun's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's director is recorded as W. S. Van Dyke[4].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's screenwriter is recorded as Cyril Hume[5].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's composer is recorded as Sigmund Romberg[6].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's genre is recorded as drama film[7].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's genre is recorded as crime film[8].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Spencer Tracy[9].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Gladys George[10].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Franchot Tone[11].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Mary Treen[12].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Cliff Edwards[13].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Charles Trowbridge[14].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Ward Bond[15].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Ralph Byrd[16].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's cast member is recorded as Horace McMahon[17].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's producer is recorded as Harry Rapf[18].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0029656[19].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's color is recorded as black-and-white[21].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 618835[22].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's country of origin is recorded as United States[23].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's publication date is recorded as +1937-01-01T00:00:00Z[24].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09pggf7[25].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's distributed by is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[26].
  • They Gave Him a Gun's filming location is recorded as California[27].

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Authorship and Creation

They Gave Him a Gun's producer is recorded as Harry Rapf[18]. Its director is recorded as W. S. Van Dyke[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Cyril Hume[5]. Cast members include Spencer Tracy[9], Gladys George[10], Franchot Tone[11], Mary Treen[12], Cliff Edwards[13], and Charles Trowbridge[14].

Publication

They Gave Him a Gun's publication date is recorded as +1937-01-01T00:00:00Z[24]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[20]. Genres include drama film[7] and crime film[8].

Why It Matters

They Gave Him a Gun ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

California film Franchot Tone Gladys George Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Spencer Tracy United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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