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King Creole

1958 · 116 min · Director: Michael Curtiz ★ IMDb 7 · 7,234 ratings

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Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

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King Creole (1958) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Crime, Music. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Tension
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

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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 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathyTensionSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy40 %25 %18 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness51 %44 %34 %34 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Empathy59 %53 %46 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Tension58 %46 %48 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Joy55 %39 %41 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Joy56 %38 %39 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Empathy51 %40 %36 %25 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Love45 %39 %35 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Empathy50 %38 %34 %25 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Joy55 %36 %23 %23 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Love57 %36 %29 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Tension64 %40 %54 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Tension66 %45 %55 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Joy63 %46 %43 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 84′Love65 %51 %53 %35 %
77.5 %≈ 90′Tension75 %63 %70 %55 %
82.5 %≈ 96′Tension81 %66 %78 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension83 %66 %78 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 107′Empathy81 %70 %69 %53 %
97.5 %≈ 113′Sadness82 %73 %63 %68 %
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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

CJ
Carolyn Jones

Ronnie

Walter Matthau

Maxie Fields

DH
Dolores Hart

LM
Liliane Montevecchi

LM
Liliane Montevecchi

Forty Nina

JS
Jan Shepard

JG
Jack Grinnage

Dummy

DW
Dick Winslow

Eddie Burton

RB
Raymond Bailey

Mr. Evans

AC
Anne Caprile

Mimi Fisher (Voice)

GG
Gavin Gordon

Mr. Primont

HH
Helene Hatch

Mrs. Pearson (uncredited)

KW
Kitty White

Street Vendor (uncredited)

SM
Scotty Moore

Guitar Player (uncredited)

RS
Richard Simmons

Little Tot (uncredited)

CC
Candy Candido

Doorman (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Written by
Michael V. Gazzo, Herbert Baker, Harold Robbins
Type
Movies
Released
1958
Runtime
116 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Crime, Music
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 7,234 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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