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Wagon Master

1950 · 86 min · Director: John Ford ★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,356 ratings

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Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

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Wagon Master (1950) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Excitement 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe20%
  2. Hope15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Excitement, Awe. Genres: Adventure, Western. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Excitement and Awe. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Hope
  • Humor

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Hope
Humor
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 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHopeHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor48 %32 %12 %42 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Humor50 %23 %21 %44 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Hope53 %21 %43 %34 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Hope57 %23 %46 %31 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Humor55 %18 %29 %43 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor49 %20 %19 %46 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Humor51 %29 %20 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Relief56 %25 %29 %33 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Relief55 %21 %29 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Tension55 %41 %18 %16 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Tension57 %57 %14 %15 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Tension55 %54 %21 %23 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Relief56 %54 %27 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Tension60 %59 %29 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Tension63 %63 %29 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Tension73 %73 %24 %15 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Tension80 %80 %24 %13 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Tension80 %80 %28 %14 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Tension81 %81 %26 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Tension82 %82 %25 %22 %
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

CK
Charles Kemper

JD
Jane Darwell

Sister Ledyard

RC
Ruth Clifford

RC
Ruth Clifford

Fleuretty Phyffe

KO
Kathleen O'Malley

KO
Kathleen O'Malley

Prudence Perkins

JA
James Arness

Floyd Clegg

FF
Francis Ford

Mr. Peachtree

FL
Fred Libby

Reese Clegg

JT
Jim Thorpe

Navajo Indian

MS
Mickey Simpson

Jesse Clegg

CL
Cliff Lyons

Marshal of Crystal City

DS
Don Summers

Sam Jenkins

M
Movita

Young Navajo Indian

Hank Worden

Luke Clegg

CH
Chuck Hayward

Jackson (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
John Ford
Written by
John Ford, Frank S. Nugent, Patrick Ford
Type
Movies
Released
1950
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 6,356 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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