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A Place in the Sun

1951 · 122 min · Director: George Stevens ★ IMDb 7.7 · 27,390 ratings

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A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

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Emotional fingerprint

A Place in the Sun (1951) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 30%, Empathy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Empathy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Empathy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Sympathy
  • Tension

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Sympathy
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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.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 28 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessSympathyTension
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity28 %0 %10 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity33 %1 %11 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Love41 %3 %13 %10 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Love41 %3 %11 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Love39 %8 %16 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sympathy48 %14 %25 %31 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Love60 %21 %35 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Sympathy63 %34 %49 %43 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Sympathy56 %32 %43 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Love57 %26 %31 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Tension66 %34 %41 %64 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Tension70 %43 %51 %69 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Tension70 %44 %49 %68 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Tension68 %39 %41 %66 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Tension66 %36 %39 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Tension69 %39 %41 %69 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension72 %43 %45 %72 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Tension79 %55 %55 %75 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Sadness84 %74 %70 %65 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Sadness85 %83 %78 %50 %
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

Elizabeth Taylor

Angela Vickers

KB
Keefe Brasselle

HH
Herbert Heyes

FI
Frieda Inescort

KG
Kathryn Givney

Louise Eastman

WS
Walter Sande

Defense Attorney Art Jansen

Ted de Corsia

Judge R.S. Oldendorff

JR
John Ridgely

Coroner

LC
Lois Chartrand

Marsha Eastman

Paul Frees

Reverend Morrison

RJ
Robert J. Anderson

Eagle Scout (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Bit Part (uncredited)

JB
John Barton

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

LM
Lulu Mae Bohrman

Party Guest (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Harry Brown, Michael Wilson, Theodore Dreiser
Type
Movies
Released
1951
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 27,390 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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