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Bend of the River

1952 · 91 min · Director: Anthony Mann ★ IMDb 7.2 · 11,151 ratings

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Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

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Bend of the River (1952) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Tension 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 Excitement, Tension, Love. Genres: Adventure, Western. AI estimate.

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

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Hope

Tension
Relief
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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 peaks around 13 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionReliefHope
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor42 %33 %8 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Relief51 %46 %13 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension61 %56 %16 %20 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Relief53 %41 %25 %23 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Hope43 %21 %28 %33 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Hope45 %20 %23 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Humor52 %31 %19 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Hope57 %38 %15 %44 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Tension56 %44 %9 %28 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension64 %59 %13 %15 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension70 %60 %28 %28 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Hope69 %55 %28 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Tension75 %68 %13 %24 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension73 %68 %14 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Hope68 %61 %20 %29 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension76 %73 %13 %25 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Tension83 %80 %11 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 80′Tension84 %83 %18 %36 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Tension84 %69 %35 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Relief82 %42 %58 %53 %
Cinderella

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

JA
Julie Adams

JA
Julie Adams

Laura Baile

LN
Lori Nelson

CJ
Chubby Johnson

CJ
Chubby Johnson

Cap'n Mello

SF
Stepin Fetchit

HP
Howard Petrie

HP
Howard Petrie

Tom Hendricks

FB
Frances Bavier

Mrs. Prentiss

JL
Jack Lambert

Red

Royal Dano

Long Tom

FC
Frank Chase

Wasco

CL
Cliff Lyons

Willie

Frank Ferguson

Tom Grundy

Details

Directed by
Anthony Mann
Written by
Borden Chase, William Gulick
Type
Movies
Released
1952
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 11,151 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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