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Kansas City Confidential

1952 · 100 min · Director: Phil Karlson ★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,347 ratings

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An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

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Kansas City Confidential (1952) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Tension
25%Excitement
15%Anxiety
  1. Tension35%
  2. Excitement25%
  3. Anxiety15%
  4. Confusion15%
  5. Satisfaction10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Excitement, Anxiety. Genres: Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Curiosity
Tension
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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity eases around 38 %, then dips around 48 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension67 %47 %67 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension70 %48 %69 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension70 %50 %64 %41 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Sympathy64 %50 %49 %53 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity63 %56 %46 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension69 %65 %60 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity64 %61 %55 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity52 %53 %35 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity48 %50 %30 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Curiosity50 %50 %38 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Curiosity52 %53 %43 %15 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity55 %51 %45 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension58 %45 %54 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension63 %48 %63 %32 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension67 %55 %64 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Sympathy65 %54 %60 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension68 %54 %66 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Tension77 %49 %64 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Sadness77 %32 %42 %53 %
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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

JP
John Payne

CG
Coleen Gray

PF
Preston Foster

Neville Brand

Lee Van Cleef

Jack Elam

DD
Dona Drake

MS
Mario Siletti

HN
Howard Negley

HN
Howard Negley

Andrews

CY
Carleton Young

CY
Carleton Young

Martin

DO
Don Orlando

Diaz

TR
Ted Ryan

Morelli

OB
Orlando Beltran

Porter (uncredited)

RB
Ray Bennett

Prisoner (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Robbery Spectator (uncredited)

BB
Barry Brooks

Player (uncredited)

CC
Charles Cane

Detective Barney (uncredited)

EC
Edward Coch

Airline Clerk (uncredited)

JC
James Conaty

Man at Craps Table (uncredited)

TD
Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Phil Karlson
Written by
Harry Essex, George Bruce, Rowland Brown, Harold Greene
Type
Movies
Released
1952
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 9,347 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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