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Bite the Bullet

1975 · 132 min · Director: Richard Brooks ★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,619 ratings

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At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

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Bite the Bullet (1975) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Inspiration 25%, Empathy 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 Excitement, Inspiration, Empathy. Genres: Adventure, Action, Western. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Inspiration and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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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 63 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor38 %18 %15 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor44 %24 %14 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Humor49 %29 %14 %4 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Humor49 %26 %16 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Humor44 %20 %13 %1 %
27.5 %≈ 36′Excitement40 %23 %14 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 43′Empathy44 %34 %31 %6 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Empathy53 %48 %40 %8 %
42.5 %≈ 56′Tension60 %54 %41 %16 %
47.5 %≈ 63′Empathy63 %43 %54 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 69′Empathy64 %35 %59 %46 %
57.5 %≈ 76′Sadness68 %40 %56 %55 %
62.5 %≈ 83′Sadness70 %41 %61 %63 %
67.5 %≈ 89′Sadness63 %34 %55 %59 %
72.5 %≈ 96′Sadness50 %23 %38 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 102′Humor54 %34 %36 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 109′Tension68 %59 %45 %26 %
87.5 %≈ 116′Tension70 %65 %44 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 122′Tension63 %53 %34 %16 %
97.5 %≈ 129′Excitement53 %35 %23 %8 %
Man in a hole

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

Dabney Coleman

Jack Parker

BV
Buddy Van Horn

MA
Mario Arteaga

Mexican

RD
Robert Donner

Reporter

LC
Lucia Canales

JM
John McLiam

Gebhardt

RF
Robert F. Hoy

Lee Christie

JG
Jerry Gatlin

The Wood Cutter

WS
Walter Scott

Steve

WH
William H. Burton Jr.

Billy

JB
Joe Brooks

DL
Darwin Lamb

Details

Directed by
Richard Brooks
Written by
Richard Brooks
Type
Movies
Released
1975
Runtime
132 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 6,619 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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