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The Silent Partner

1978 · 102 min · Director: Daryl Duke ★ IMDb 7.4 · 9,450 ratings

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Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

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The Silent Partner (1978) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 35%, Anxiety 25%, Curiosity 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear10%

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Anxiety and Curiosity. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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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: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

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 rises around 38 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityFear
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity25 %8 %20 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor27 %11 %19 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor38 %25 %25 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension55 %46 %41 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Curiosity48 %36 %41 %21 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity33 %14 %28 %5 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Sadness39 %19 %30 %5 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Tension57 %48 %40 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension72 %70 %45 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Tension72 %63 %46 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Sadness62 %41 %44 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Curiosity51 %29 %40 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Curiosity51 %32 %43 %13 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Curiosity60 %49 %54 %18 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Curiosity64 %59 %55 %25 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Tension71 %68 %50 %44 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Tension82 %79 %50 %61 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Tension84 %81 %54 %60 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Tension83 %81 %59 %57 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Tension87 %85 %58 %65 %
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

Elliott Gould

Miles Cullen

SY
Susannah York

Julie

CL
Céline Lomez

MK
Michael Kirby

KP
Ken Pogue

KP
Ken Pogue

Detective Willard

John Candy

Simonsen

GD
Gail Dahms-Bonine

MD
Michael Donaghue

SS
Sean Sullivan

JD
Jack Duffy

Fogelman

NS
Nancy Simmonds

Girl in Sauna

NF
Nuala Fitzgerald

Safety Deposit Box Woman

GS
Guy Sanvido

Locksmith

CB
Charlotte Blunt

Mrs. Packard

AP
Aino Pirskanen

Mrs. Evanchuk

MR
Michele Rosen

Young Woman in Bank

BW
Ben Williams

Newsboy

SC
Sandy Crawley

Detective #2

JC
Jan Campbell

Little Boy's Mother

Details

Directed by
Daryl Duke
Written by
Curtis Hanson, Anders Bodelsen
Type
Movies
Released
1978
Runtime
102 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 9,450 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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