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Remember the Night

1940 · 94 min · Director: Mitchell Leisen ★ IMDb 7.5 · 8,433 ratings

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Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

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Remember the Night (1940) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Empathy 25%, Satisfaction 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love30%
  2. Humor15%

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The strongest emotional signals are Love, Empathy, Satisfaction. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Satisfaction. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 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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  • Empathy
  • Love
  • Humor

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

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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 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyLoveHumor
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor47 %17 %0 %43 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor48 %24 %0 %44 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor48 %34 %4 %43 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor50 %38 %19 %44 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Love55 %41 %34 %44 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor59 %41 %33 %48 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor61 %30 %23 %56 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Humor63 %30 %15 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Empathy66 %53 %15 %33 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Sadness70 %66 %24 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Humor65 %59 %35 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Empathy64 %56 %44 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Empathy69 %55 %48 %50 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Humor70 %48 %51 %54 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Love70 %53 %55 %39 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Empathy69 %63 %54 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Love71 %64 %63 %25 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Love75 %59 %61 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension76 %60 %51 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Love80 %70 %63 %15 %
Oedipus

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

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Willard Robertson

WR
Willard Robertson

Francis X. O'Leary

PG
Paul Guilfoyle

District Attorney

CA
Charles Arnt

CA
Charles Arnt

Tom

TW
Thomas W. Ross

Mr. Emory

F'
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Rufus

TK
Tom Kennedy

'Fat' Mike

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Georgia Caine

Mrs. Malone

VB
Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Emory

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Spencer Charters

Judge at Rummage Sale

JA
Jean Acker

Jury Member (uncredited)

AB
Ambrose Barker

Customs Official (uncredited)

JB
John Beck

Lee's Stepfather (uncredited)

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Brooks Benedict

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Mitchell Leisen
Written by
Preston Sturges
Type
Movies
Released
1940
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 8,433 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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