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Father Goose

1964 · 118 min · Director: Ralph Nelson ★ IMDb 7.3 · 13,799 ratings

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During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!

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Father Goose (1964) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Love
20%Joy
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Joy20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Romance, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Love

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

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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 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor37 %35 %20 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor45 %44 %20 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor50 %49 %19 %0 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Humor49 %40 %31 %0 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Tension52 %33 %47 %1 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor56 %38 %52 %2 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Tension56 %43 %45 %4 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Humor54 %49 %26 %5 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Humor53 %53 %12 %7 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Humor59 %43 %28 %9 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Tension67 %35 %44 %12 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Humor68 %39 %41 %18 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Tension66 %41 %43 %27 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Humor62 %47 %34 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Humor56 %51 %17 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Humor57 %48 %21 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Love65 %47 %38 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Love72 %44 %53 %62 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Tension75 %39 %66 %49 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Relief79 %39 %76 %38 %
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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

LC
Leslie Caron

Catherine Freneau

JG
Jack Good

SL
Sharyl Locke

PS
Pip Sparke

VG
Verina Greenlaw

VG
Verina Greenlaw

Christine

SB
Stephanie Berrington

JB
Jennifer Berrington

LF
Laurelle Felsette

NF
Nicole Felsette

Dominique

AF
Alex Finlayson

Doctor Bigrave

PF
Peter Forster

Chaplain

FM
Frank Marocco

Accordionist

JN
John Napier

Lt. Cartwright

SS
Simon Scott

Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin

DS
Don Spruance

Navigator

KS
Ken Swofford

Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

RL
Richard Lupino

Radioman

Details

Directed by
Ralph Nelson
Written by
Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff, S. H. Barnett
Type
Movies
Released
1964
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 13,799 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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