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The Front Page

1974 · 105 min · Director: Billy Wilder ★ IMDb 7.3 · 16,900 ratings

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A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

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Emotional fingerprint

The Front Page (1974) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%
  2. Anger12%

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Why it feels this way

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

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 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
  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Curiosity

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

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 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %40 %10 %20 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor44 %39 %18 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor45 %36 %24 %32 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity46 %36 %26 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor50 %43 %24 %26 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Humor53 %46 %21 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Humor56 %43 %36 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension63 %44 %54 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Humor61 %45 %51 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity58 %38 %46 %50 %
52.5 %≈ 55′Tension60 %30 %54 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 60′Tension64 %33 %61 %44 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Tension68 %40 %63 %43 %
67.5 %≈ 71′Tension69 %40 %61 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 76′Tension63 %41 %54 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 81′Humor58 %44 %48 %35 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension61 %38 %55 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 92′Tension63 %35 %56 %38 %
92.5 %≈ 97′Humor59 %46 %36 %33 %
97.5 %≈ 102′Humor60 %58 %20 %25 %
Man in a hole

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

Walter Matthau

Walter Burns

Susan Sarandon

Peggy Grant

Austin Pendleton

Earl Williams

MG
Martin Gabel

CO
Cliff Osmond

Officer Jacobi

Dick O'Neill

McHugh

JK
Jon Korkes

Rudy Keppler

CB
Carol Burnett

Mollie Malloy

Paul Benedict

Plunkett

AJ
Allen Jenkins

Telegrapher

BD
Barbara Davis

Myrtle

BE
Biff Elliot

Police Dispatcher

LF
Lou Frizzell

Endicott

Details

Directed by
Billy Wilder
Type
Movies
Released
1974
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Comedy
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 16,900 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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