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No Way Out

1950 · 106 min · Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz ★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,070 ratings

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Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.

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No Way Out (1950) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Anger 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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The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anger, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anger and Anxiety. 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
  • Disturbing
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Disturbing
Empathy
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 13 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy33 %25 %5 %27 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension44 %41 %16 %28 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Tension60 %59 %38 %38 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Disturbing63 %59 %49 %46 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Empathy53 %49 %40 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Tension48 %41 %31 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Empathy51 %29 %24 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Empathy56 %25 %23 %54 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Disturbing59 %43 %43 %45 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Disturbing66 %63 %61 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Tension76 %75 %64 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Tension81 %79 %66 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Disturbing80 %68 %70 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Sadness76 %56 %66 %69 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Empathy73 %54 %58 %68 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Relief70 %55 %54 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension76 %70 %65 %45 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Tension86 %86 %76 %44 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Tension91 %90 %78 %52 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Tension93 %90 %80 %63 %
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

MJ
Mildred Joanne Smith

DJ
Dots Johnson

Robert Adler

Louie (uncredited)

EA
Ernest Anderson

EA
Ernest Anderson

School Teacher (uncredited)

JA
Jessie Arnold

Woman (uncredited)

EA
Eleanor Audley

Wife (uncredited)

PB
Polly Bailey

Woman (uncredited)

BB
Betsy Blair

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

EB
Eileen Boyer

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Orderly (uncredited)

KC
Ken Christy

Ed Kowlaski (uncredited)

CJ
Charles J. Conrad

Doctor (uncredited)

JD
Jack Daley

Man (uncredited)

Ossie Davis

John Brooks (uncredited)

Details

Written by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
Type
Movies
Released
1950
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 7,070 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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