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The MacKintosh Man

1973 · 99 min · Director: John Huston ★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,859 ratings

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A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...

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The MacKintosh Man (1973) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Curiosity 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Curiosity, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Curiosity and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Tension
Curiosity
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 rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity38 %21 %39 %6 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity43 %28 %43 %4 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension46 %40 %40 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension45 %40 %32 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor43 %33 %32 %17 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity49 %40 %41 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension57 %50 %47 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Curiosity56 %49 %51 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Curiosity55 %47 %55 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Curiosity61 %55 %51 %25 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Tension63 %60 %40 %22 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Tension52 %48 %36 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity51 %44 %47 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Tension58 %52 %56 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Curiosity55 %51 %54 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Tension54 %52 %47 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Tension61 %61 %44 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Tension70 %71 %46 %33 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Tension76 %75 %44 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Tension75 %71 %37 %55 %
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

Harry Andrews

Mackintosh

RC
Roland Culver

The Judge

RL
Robert Lang

Jack Summers

JR
Jenny Runacre

Gerda

JB
John Bindon

Buster

HM
Hugh Manning

The Prosecutor

WM
Wolfe Morris

Maltese Police Commissioner

NP
Noel Purcell

O'Donovan

DW
Donald Webster

Jervis

KB
Keith Bell

Palmer

Niall MacGinnis

Prison Warder

EB
Eddie Byrne

Fisherman

Details

Directed by
John Huston
Written by
Walter Hill, Gladys Hill, Desmond Bagley, William Fairchild, Gerald Hanley, Alan Moorehead
Type
Movies
Released
1973
Runtime
99 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland
Genres
Thriller
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 5,859 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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