The Dead Pool

1988 film by Buddy Van Horn
Movie film Q263460
The Dead Pool
Warner Bros. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Dead Pool is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,919 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Buddy Van Horn[3]
  • Composer: Lalo Schifrin[4]
  • Genre: crime film[5], action film[6], thriller film[7], detective film[8]
  • Named after: dead pool[9]
  • Based on: characters in Dirty Harry[10]
  • Cast member: Clint Eastwood[11], Patricia Clarkson[12], Liam Neeson[13], Evan C. Kim[14], David Hunt[15], Jim Carrey[16], Michael Currie[17], Ronnie Claire Edwards[18], Louis Giambalvo[19], Charles Martinet[20], Patrick Van Horn[21], Shawn Elliott[22], Bill Wattenburg[23], Marc Alaimo[24]
  • Producer: David Valdes[25]
  • Part of the series: Dirty Harry[26]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[27]
  • Director of photography: Jack N. Green[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 5.5/10[31], 53%[32], 46/100[33]
  • Color: color[34]
  • Country of origin: United States[35]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1988[36], January 19, 1989[37], July 13, 1988[38]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[39], Netflix[40]
  • Narrative location: San Francisco[41]
  • Filming location: San Francisco[42]
  • Film editor: Ron Spang[43]
  • Title: The Dead Pool[44], La lista negra[45], Sala de espera al infierno[46]
  • Has characteristic: title for Quebec[47], title for Hispanic America[48], title for Spain[49]
  • MPA film rating: R[50]
  • Different from: Deadpool[51], Dead pool[52]
  • Duration: 87[53]

Why It Matters

The Dead Pool has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

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. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 94963
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  2. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 17323
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  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 29247
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  4. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0033275
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1989-01-19T00:00:00Z, +1988-07-13T00:00:00Z
    Duration → {'amount': '+87'}
    Mpa film rating → R
    Named after → dead pool
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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