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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946 · 115 min · Director: Lewis Milestone ★ IMDb 7.4 · 12,586 ratings

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Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Anger 25%, Guilt 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Anxiety
25%Anger
20%Guilt
  1. Anxiety30%
  2. Anger25%
  3. Guilt20%
  4. Sadness15%
  5. Tension10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Anger, Guilt. Genres: Thriller, Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Anger and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Curiosity
Sympathy
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 dips around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity47 %38 %38 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sympathy60 %54 %44 %35 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension64 %55 %53 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity46 %29 %48 %13 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity40 %19 %41 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity46 %28 %40 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Sympathy48 %34 %36 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Tension49 %41 %43 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity51 %45 %55 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Curiosity56 %50 %60 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity60 %54 %54 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Sympathy65 %57 %46 %51 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Tension73 %66 %50 %49 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Tension70 %64 %59 %34 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Curiosity66 %59 %65 %30 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Curiosity70 %61 %66 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Curiosity73 %63 %60 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Tension78 %71 %53 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Tension84 %81 %46 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Tension83 %80 %40 %48 %
Riches to rags

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

Barbara Stanwyck

VH
Van Heflin

LS
Lizabeth Scott

Kirk Douglas

JA
Judith Anderson

RB
Roman Bohnen

DH
Darryl Hickman

DH
Darryl Hickman

Young Sam

JW
Janis Wilson

Ann Doran

FO
Frank Orth

FO
Frank Orth

Hotel Clerk

James Flavin

Police Detective #1

MK
Mickey Kuhn

Young Walter

CD
Charles D. Brown

McCarthy

BE
Blake Edwards

Sleeping Sailor (uncredited)

WB
Walter Baldwin

Dempsey (uncredited)

TD
Tom Dillon

Police Detective #2 (uncredited)

BR
Bert Roach

Man Waiting (uncredited)

JK
John Kellogg

Joe (uncredited)

OH
Olin Howland

Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

GJ
Gladden James

John (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Lewis Milestone
Written by
Robert Rossen
Type
Movies
Released
1946
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 12,586 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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