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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

1975 · 117 min · Director: Damiano Damiani ★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,500 ratings

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Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

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A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975) — 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

  1. Humor35%

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Relief

Humor
Tension
Curiosity
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 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension43 %19 %37 %29 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor46 %32 %38 %32 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor53 %48 %40 %37 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Humor60 %57 %43 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Humor59 %57 %39 %34 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Humor54 %52 %30 %34 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Humor52 %46 %25 %38 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity53 %41 %31 %42 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Humor54 %44 %41 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Humor53 %47 %43 %39 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Humor53 %46 %39 %39 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Humor55 %48 %37 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Humor56 %52 %36 %37 %
67.5 %≈ 79′Humor60 %53 %46 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 85′Tension64 %46 %57 %45 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Curiosity66 %41 %61 %49 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Tension69 %35 %66 %43 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension73 %32 %67 %40 %
92.5 %≈ 108′Relief70 %41 %47 %39 %
97.5 %≈ 114′Humor63 %49 %22 %34 %
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

RC
Robert Charlebois

PV
Piero Vida

PV
Piero Vida

Jacky Roll

MV
Mario Valgoi

Mario Brega

Coach Driver

Klaus Kinski

Doc Foster

MM
Miriam Mahler

Pembroke's Daughter

CC
Clara Colosimo

La ruffiana

CC
Carla Cassola

Prostitute

FC
Fernando Cerulli

Her husband

VF
Vittorio Fanfoni

Jail guard

RB
Renato Baldini

Sheriff in saloon

RB
Roy Bosier

Jeremy

GB
Gérard Boucaron

Village Idiot

Details

Directed by
Damiano Damiani
Written by
Sergio Leone, Ernesto Gastaldi, Fulvio Morsella, Damiano Damiani
Type
Movies
Released
1975
Runtime
117 min
Country
France, Germany, Italy
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 6,500 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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