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Casey's Shadow: Art, Cast & Plot

Casey's Shadow is a 1978 Metrocolor sports drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau. The film is based on an article in The New Yorker by John McPhee ("Ruidoso", published April 29, 1974). Much of the exterior shooting was done in the city of Carencro, Louisiana, 20 miles north of Lafayette.

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Casey's Shadow topic overview

The analysis highlights Art, Cast and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Casey's Shadow.

Related topics
32
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
36
Extracted relationships
22
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
36

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 13 topics
Overview · 9 topics
Plot · 9 topics
Reception · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
"Ruidoso" by John McPhee
Box office
$8 million
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Country
United States
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Casey's Shadow connects Entity context

The extracted context around Casey's Shadow shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Casey's Shadow → AFI Catalog, Feature Films, IMDbCasey's Shadow, TCM Movie Database Another extracted example is Casey's Shadow → Rotten Tomatoes, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Casey's Shadow

Top relations

related to External links · 4
Casey's Shadow → AFI Catalog, Feature Films, IMDbCasey's Shadow, TCM Movie Database
related to Reception · 2
Casey's Shadow → Rotten Tomatoes, The
Based on · 1
Casey's Shadow → "Ruidoso" by John McPhee
Box office · 1
Casey's Shadow → $8 million
Cinematography · 1
Casey's Shadow → John A. Alonzo
Country · 1
Casey's Shadow → United States
Directed by · 1
Casey's Shadow → Martin Ritt
Distributed by · 1
Casey's Shadow → Columbia Pictures
Edited by · 1
Casey's Shadow → Sidney Levin
Language · 1
Casey's Shadow → English

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Casey's Shadow relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 22 structured relationships around Casey's Shadow. Examples in this analysis include Casey's Shadow → Based on → "Ruidoso" by John McPhee and Casey's Shadow → Box office → $8 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Casey's ShadowBased on"Ruidoso" by John McPhee1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowBox office$8 million1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowCinematographyJohn A. Alonzo1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowDirected byMartin Ritt1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowDistributed byColumbia Pictures1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowEdited bySidney Levin1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowMusic byPatrick Williams1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowProduced byRay Stark1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowProduction companyRastar1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowRelease dateMarch 17, 1978 (1978-03-17)1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowRunning time117 minutes1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowScreenplay byCarol Sobieski1.00infobox
Casey's ShadowStarringWalter Matthau Alexis Smith Robert Webber Murray Hamilton1.00infobox
Casey's Shadowis a1978 Metrocolor sports drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Walter Matthau0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Casey's Shadow bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Shadow, Directed and Martin. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Casey's Shadow
    • Shadow
    • Directed
    • Martin
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Based
    • Matthau
    • Racing
    • Walter
    • Runs
    • American
    • Alexis
  • casey's shadow
    • Shadow
    • Directed
    • Martin
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Based
    • Matthau
    • Racing
    • Walter
    • Runs
    • Horse
    • American
  • walter matthau
    • Matthau
    • Walter
    • Alexis
    • Directed
    • Martin
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Casey's
    • Film
    • Mcphee
    • Production
    • Based
  • alexis smith
    • Matthau
    • Walter
    • Directed
    • Martin
    • Mcphee
    • Production
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Based
    • Blue
    • John
    • Ruidoso
  • quarter horse
    • Lloyd
    • Calvin
    • Racing
    • Vet
    • Shadow
    • American
    • Buddy
    • Louisiana
    • New
    • Production
    • Agrees
    • Horses
  • john mcphee
    • Mcphee
    • Ruidoso
    • Alexis
    • New
    • Production
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Alonzo
    • Martin
    • Walter
    • Matthau
    • Shadow
  • all american futurity
    • Louisiana
    • New
    • Production
    • Horse
    • Shadow
    • Agrees
    • Ruidoso
    • Runs
    • Lloyd
    • Sarah
    • Calvin
    • Race
  • martin ritt
    • Ritt
    • Starring
    • Matthau
    • Walter
    • Alexis
    • Mcphee
    • Production
    • Based
    • John
    • Ruidoso
    • Shadow

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Casey's Shadow, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Casey's Shadow with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Casey's ShadowCast · splits 23 ⟂ 14
Casey's ShadowOverview · splits 27 ⟂ 10
Casey's ShadowPlot · splits 27 ⟂ 10

Map overview Semantic statistics

Casey's Shadow

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples22
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Casey's Shadow to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Cast & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Casey's Shadow · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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