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Violent Saturday

1955 · 90 min · Director: Richard Fleischer ★ IMDb 6.9 · 3,539 ratings

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Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

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Violent Saturday (1955) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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  1. Fear20%
  2. Anger10%

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Anxiety, Fear. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 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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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
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 53 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor26 %6 %10 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy29 %14 %18 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension35 %25 %25 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Sadness40 %30 %26 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension41 %33 %25 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Empathy44 %26 %35 %24 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Empathy48 %19 %46 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Sadness48 %24 %42 %36 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Sadness46 %34 %35 %31 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Humor46 %37 %26 %22 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension53 %34 %31 %27 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Sadness68 %39 %53 %42 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension71 %55 %50 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension71 %68 %37 %12 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension78 %75 %39 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension86 %83 %46 %17 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension91 %89 %54 %22 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension93 %91 %59 %22 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Tension89 %69 %65 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Sadness85 %36 %73 %60 %
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

TN
Tommy Noonan

SS
Sylvia Sidney

Elsie Braden

Ernest Borgnine

Stadt, Amish Farmer

DP
Dorothy Patrick

Helen Martin

BC
Billy Chapin

Steve Martin

BD
Brad Dexter

Gil Clayton

Robert Adler

Stan (uncredited)

JA
John Alderson

Amish Farmer on Train (uncredited)

VC
Virginia Carroll

Carol, Martin's Secretary (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Bart, Policeman (uncredited)

KC
Kevin Corcoran

David Stadt (uncredited)

NC
Noreen Corcoran

Anna Stadt (uncredited)

RD
Ralph Dumke

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Sydney Boehm, William L. Heath
Type
Movies
Released
1955
Runtime
90 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 3,539 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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