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Beat the Devil

1953 · 95 min · Director: John Huston ★ IMDb 6.4 · 11,628 ratings

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A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

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Beat the Devil (1953) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Excitement
15%Surprise
  1. Humor35%
  2. Excitement25%
  3. Surprise15%
  4. Curiosity15%
  5. Satisfaction10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Curiosity
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Humor
Curiosity
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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. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorCuriosityTension
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity47 %30 %45 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor44 %38 %38 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor45 %45 %29 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor46 %46 %26 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor45 %45 %30 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor49 %48 %34 %19 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Humor51 %48 %36 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Humor50 %43 %38 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Humor53 %40 %38 %36 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Relief53 %41 %39 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Humor50 %39 %41 %34 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension53 %34 %39 %45 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension58 %38 %35 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Tension63 %43 %38 %57 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Tension64 %39 %41 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension61 %35 %41 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension61 %41 %41 %56 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Humor65 %49 %43 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Relief68 %48 %40 %37 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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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

Humphrey Bogart

JJ
Jennifer Jones

GL
Gina Lollobrigida

RM
Robert Morley

Peter Lorre

EU
Edward Underdown

EU
Edward Underdown

Harry Chelm

IB
Ivor Barnard

MT
Marco Tulli

Bernard Lee

MP
Mario Perrone

GD
Giulio Donnini

Administrator

SU
Saro Urzì

Captain of SS Nyanga

Jd
Juan de Landa

Hispano-Suiza Driver

AS
Aldo Silvani

Charles

DC
Dave Crowley

(uncredited)

JG
Julie Gibson

(uncredited)

AP
Alex Pochet

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

MP
Mimmo Poli

Barman (uncredited)

Peter Sellers

Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited)

MS
Manuel Serrano

Ahmed (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
John Huston
Written by
John Huston, Truman Capote, Claud Cockburn
Type
Movies
Released
1953
Runtime
95 min
Country
Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.4 · 11,628 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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