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Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 · 97 min · Director: W.S. Van Dyke ★ IMDb 7.2 · 7,741 ratings

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High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 34%, Curiosity 24%, Excitement 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor34%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Curiosity, Excitement. Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Curiosity and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Humor
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Curiosity
Humor
Tension
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 intensityCuriosityHumorTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor50 %13 %50 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor53 %28 %46 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity57 %43 %45 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor57 %39 %51 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Humor51 %36 %45 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity52 %44 %26 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension63 %53 %23 %56 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity65 %61 %34 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 41′Curiosity61 %63 %44 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 46′Humor63 %63 %49 %34 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity65 %57 %51 %30 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Humor61 %45 %53 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity56 %49 %46 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 65′Curiosity56 %48 %44 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 70′Humor57 %36 %50 %23 %
77.5 %≈ 75′Curiosity60 %48 %43 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 80′Curiosity66 %64 %28 %53 %
87.5 %≈ 85′Curiosity70 %70 %25 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 90′Curiosity72 %73 %26 %64 %
97.5 %≈ 95′Tension77 %72 %23 %72 %
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

BN
Barry Nelson

AB
Alan Baxter

AB
Alan Baxter

Whitey Barrow

RH
Richard Hall

SA
Stella Adler

LS
Loring Smith

JA
Joseph Anthony

Fred Macy

LL
Lou Lubin

Rainbow Benny

LB
Louise Beavers

Stella

S
Skippy

Asta

OB
Oliver Blake

Fenster (uncredited)

AD
Adeline DeWalt Reynolds

Barrows' Landlady (uncredited)

GL
George Lloyd

Pipey (uncredited)

SM
Sid Melton

Fingers (uncredited)

JG
Jody Gilbert

Lana Webb (uncredited)

TJ
Tor Johnson

The Irish Thrush (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke
Written by
Harry Kurnitz, Irving Brecher
Type
Movies
Released
1941
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 7,741 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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