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Springfield Rifle

1952 · 93 min · Director: André de Toth ★ IMDb 6.6 · 2,699 ratings

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Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.

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Springfield Rifle (1952) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anticipation 30%, Tension 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anticipation, Tension, Excitement. Genres: War, Western. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anticipation, Tension and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Curiosity
Relief
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity47 %43 %40 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension56 %50 %39 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sympathy60 %46 %38 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sympathy57 %45 %39 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension59 %54 %40 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension55 %53 %41 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity50 %48 %46 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity51 %46 %48 %6 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Excitement51 %40 %46 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity55 %41 %46 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Sympathy65 %57 %41 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Tension66 %64 %45 %6 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Curiosity61 %49 %53 %21 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Relief65 %43 %54 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Tension73 %60 %54 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 72′Tension71 %70 %44 %11 %
82.5 %≈ 77′Tension68 %66 %30 %14 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Excitement71 %69 %23 %13 %
92.5 %≈ 86′Tension75 %61 %18 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 91′Relief75 %42 %13 %53 %
Rags to riches

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

PT
Phyllis Thaxter

PT
Phyllis Thaxter

Erin Kearney

DB
David Brian

DB
David Brian

Austin McCool

JM
James Millican

JM
James Millican

Matthew Quint

G'
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

AH
Alan Hale Jr.

MM
Martin Milner

Pvt. Olie Larsen

WG
Wilton Graff

Col. George Sharpe

GE
George Eldredge

Judge Advocate (uncredited)

FP
Fess Parker

Jim Randolph (uncredited)

EM
Ewing Mitchell

Capt. Spencer (uncredited)

RH
Richard Hale

Gen. Halleck (uncredited)

JB
James Brown

Pvt. Ferguson (uncredited)

MC
Michael Chapin

Jamie Kearney (uncredited)

BC
Ben Corbett

Sergeant Major (uncredited)

VB
Vince Barnett

Cook (uncredited)

WF
William Fawcett

Cpl. Ramsey (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
André de Toth
Written by
Charles Marquis Warren, Frank Davis, Sloan Nibley
Type
Movies
Released
1952
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
War, Western
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 2,699 ratings
Feels mostly
Anticipation
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