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The Man with the Golden Arm

1955 · 119 min · Director: Otto Preminger ★ IMDb 7.3 · 13,617 ratings

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When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Empathy
25%Anxiety
20%Sadness
  1. Empathy30%
  2. Anxiety25%
  3. Sadness20%
  4. Inspiration15%
  5. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. 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

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Empathy
Disturbing
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 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope42 %23 %33 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Hope46 %20 %36 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope45 %24 %34 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Tension43 %36 %28 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Tension44 %39 %31 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Empathy50 %40 %43 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Tension56 %50 %46 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Sadness58 %45 %44 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Hope59 %35 %46 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Empathy59 %44 %50 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Tension58 %54 %46 %31 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Tension57 %56 %36 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Tension60 %61 %29 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Tension68 %69 %40 %33 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Tension74 %74 %55 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 92′Tension78 %76 %60 %59 %
82.5 %≈ 98′Tension81 %79 %66 %59 %
87.5 %≈ 104′Tension84 %79 %73 %64 %
92.5 %≈ 110′Disturbing84 %75 %76 %64 %
97.5 %≈ 116′Sadness80 %72 %75 %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

Frank Sinatra

EP
Eleanor Parker

KN
Kim Novak

AS
Arnold Stang

AS
Arnold Stang

Sparrow

Darren McGavin

RS
Robert Strauss

JC
John Conte

DM
Doro Merande

GE
George E. Stone

GM
George Mathews

GM
George Mathews

Williams

LK
Leonid Kinskey

Dominiwski

EM
Emile Meyer

Detective Bednar

SR
Shorty Rogers

Band Leader

SM
Shelly Manne

Drummer

HG
Herschel Graham

Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

FM
Frank Mills

Street Vagrant (uncredited)

H'
Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Street Vagrant (uncredited)

JS
Jeffrey Sayre

Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

JB
Jered Barclay

LB
Leonard Bremen

Details

Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer, Nelson Algren
Type
Movies
Released
1955
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 13,617 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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