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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958 · 100 min · Director: Ladislao Vajda ★ IMDb 7.7 · 6,296 ratings

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The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

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It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Fear 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 Anxiety, Tension, Fear. Genres: Thriller, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Curiosity
Sympathy
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 3 %, then peaks around 38 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity54 %49 %44 %33 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness61 %55 %42 %47 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Sadness67 %60 %43 %56 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity63 %54 %53 %48 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity62 %53 %60 %45 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension66 %60 %55 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sympathy70 %59 %51 %65 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Sadness71 %56 %56 %66 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity69 %56 %63 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Curiosity66 %55 %65 %32 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Curiosity59 %48 %63 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Curiosity54 %42 %56 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Sympathy57 %47 %54 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Curiosity65 %59 %55 %40 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension73 %71 %55 %44 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension74 %71 %57 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension75 %72 %58 %50 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension81 %79 %63 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Tension81 %80 %67 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

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

HR
Heinz Rühmann

HR
Heinz Rühmann

Oberleutnant Matthäi

SS
Sigfrit Steiner

SL
Siegfried Lowitz

BD
Berta Drews

EB
Ewald Balser

MR
María Rosa Salgado

Av
Anita von Ow

BH
Barbara Haller

Ursula Fehlmann

EH
Emil Hegetschweiler

Gemeindepräsident

RM
Rene Magron

o.A,

MW
Max Werner Lenz

o.A.

HG
Hans Gaugler

Herr Moser

EC
Ettore Cella

Tankstellenbesitzer

MW
Margrit Winter

Frau Moser

TC
Traute Carlsen

o.A.

AB
Anneliese Betschart

Lehrerin

MH
Max Haufler

Details

Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Written by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Ladislao Vajda, Hans Jacoby
Type
Movies
Released
1958
Runtime
100 min
Country
Germany, Spain, Switzerland
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 6,296 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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