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Destry Rides Again

1939 · 94 min · Director: George Marshall ★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,696 ratings

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Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

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Destry Rides Again (1939) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Smile20%
  3. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Western. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionSympathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %47 %18 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor51 %46 %28 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor56 %49 %34 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor59 %55 %24 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor59 %59 %14 %14 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor64 %64 %19 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor65 %64 %29 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor61 %54 %36 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension56 %44 %40 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Humor51 %39 %40 %30 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Tension55 %44 %38 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Humor60 %54 %34 %20 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Humor57 %53 %39 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Humor58 %43 %49 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension61 %34 %55 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension60 %32 %55 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension63 %31 %57 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Sympathy75 %24 %70 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension84 %26 %75 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Sadness85 %35 %70 %72 %
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

CW
Charles Winninger

AJ
Allen Jenkins

Gyp Watson

WH
Warren Hymer

WH
Warren Hymer

Bugs Watson

IH
Irene Hervey

SS
Samuel S. Hinds

Judge Slade

JC
Jack Carson

Jack Tyndall

TF
Tom Fadden

Lem Claggett

VB
Virginia Brissac

Sophie Claggett

EM
Edmund MacDonald

Rockwell (as Edmund Macdonald)

LY
Lillian Yarbo

Clara

JK
Joe King

Sheriff Keogh

DJ
Dickie Jones

Claggett Boy

AE
Ann E. Todd

Claggett Girl

Richard Alexander

Cowboy (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
George Marshall
Written by
Gertrude Purcell, Felix Jackson, Henry Myers, Max Brand
Type
Movies
Released
1939
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,696 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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