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The Mark of Zorro

1940 · 94 min · Director: Rouben Mamoulian ★ IMDb 7.5 · 12,208 ratings

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In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.

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The Mark of Zorro (1940) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Love 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love25%
  2. Humor15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Love, Tension. Genres: Romance, Adventure, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Love and Tension. 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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  • Tension
  • Excitement
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Excitement
Relief
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 dips around 18 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionExcitementRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %26 %23 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension55 %37 %16 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor52 %34 %12 %3 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor48 %33 %14 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension53 %46 %27 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Excitement56 %52 %40 %7 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor55 %45 %35 %9 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Love58 %41 %28 %7 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension57 %41 %25 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Humor50 %33 %18 %11 %
52.5 %≈ 49′Humor48 %30 %14 %6 %
57.5 %≈ 54′Humor51 %31 %17 %2 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Humor56 %32 %21 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 63′Love61 %38 %26 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 68′Tension64 %52 %31 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 73′Tension67 %63 %38 %3 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension72 %68 %52 %8 %
87.5 %≈ 82′Excitement79 %75 %67 %19 %
92.5 %≈ 87′Tension82 %62 %62 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 92′Relief82 %33 %47 %62 %
Rags to riches

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

Basil Rathbone

Captain Esteban Pasquale

ML
Montagu Love

ML
Montagu Love

Don Alejandro Vega

JB
Janet Beecher

GR
George Regas

GR
George Regas

Sergeant Gonzales

CM
Chris-Pin Martin

CM
Chris-Pin Martin

Turnkey

RL
Robert Lowery

Rodrigo

BM
Belle Mitchell

Maria

JB
John Bleifer

Pedro

FP
Frank Puglia

Proprietor

Pd
Pedro de Cordoba

Don Miguel

GD
Guy D'Ennery

Don Jose

EB
Eugene Borden

Officer of the Day (uncredited)

SA
Stanley Andrews

Commanding Officer (uncredited)

FB
Fortunio Bonanova

Sentry (uncredited)

RB
Ralph Byrd

Student / Officer (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Rouben Mamoulian
Written by
Johnston McCulley, John Taintor Foote
Type
Movies
Released
1940
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 12,208 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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