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The Drowning Pool

1975 · 109 min · Director: Stuart Rosenberg ★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,097 ratings

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Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

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The Drowning Pool (1975) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 67/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Fear

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Fear
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 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %25 %40 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension45 %35 %44 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity48 %36 %51 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Curiosity48 %35 %53 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Curiosity49 %40 %50 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity53 %45 %54 %13 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Curiosity55 %43 %55 %11 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Humor56 %40 %51 %15 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Tension59 %51 %49 %24 %
47.5 %≈ 52′Tension59 %59 %49 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity57 %54 %56 %18 %
57.5 %≈ 63′Curiosity58 %50 %61 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension60 %56 %57 %23 %
67.5 %≈ 74′Tension65 %65 %54 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 79′Tension73 %73 %48 %46 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension84 %84 %36 %69 %
82.5 %≈ 90′Tension86 %83 %34 %68 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Tension77 %68 %48 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 101′Sadness70 %50 %49 %16 %
97.5 %≈ 106′Sadness65 %32 %32 %7 %
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

JW
Joanne Woodward

Iris Devereaux

RD
Richard Derr

James Devereaux

GS
Gail Strickland

GS
Gail Strickland

Mavis Kilbourne

LH
Linda Haynes

Melanie Griffith

Schuyler Devereaux

LH
Linda Haynes

Gretchen

JC
Joe Canutt

Andrew Robinson

Pat Reavis

CB
Coral Browne

Olivia Devereaux

HK
Helena Kallianiotes

Elaine Reavis

LF
Leigh French

Red Head

PD
Peter Dassinger

Peter

JF
James Fontenot

Bartender

TM
Tommy McLain

Nightclub Band

MA
Martin Ahrens

Cajun Heavy #1

PB
Philippe Blenet

Cajun Heavy #2

Details

Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg
Written by
Walter Hill, Tracy Keenan Wynn, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Ross Macdonald
Type
Movies
Released
1975
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.5 · 7,097 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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