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Pillow Talk

1959 · 102 min · Director: Michael Gordon ★ IMDb 7.4 · 21,318 ratings

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Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.

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Emotional fingerprint

Pillow Talk (1959) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Love 25%, Smile 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Love
20%Smile
  1. Humor35%
  2. Love25%
  3. Smile20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Smile. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Smile. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Anticipation
  • Love

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Anticipation
Love
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 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorAnticipationLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor42 %40 %12 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor42 %41 %14 %11 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor44 %44 %15 %6 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor44 %44 %16 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor43 %39 %19 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Tension44 %33 %21 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Tension46 %34 %25 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor48 %39 %31 %29 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Anticipation46 %38 %35 %32 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Love45 %36 %31 %35 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Love47 %39 %29 %35 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Humor49 %38 %35 %31 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Anticipation51 %31 %44 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 69′Anticipation55 %24 %44 %41 %
72.5 %≈ 74′Love60 %21 %31 %34 %
77.5 %≈ 79′Sadness59 %29 %25 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 84′Humor50 %35 %34 %19 %
87.5 %≈ 89′Anticipation47 %38 %39 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 94′Humor48 %41 %33 %20 %
97.5 %≈ 99′Humor45 %40 %25 %13 %
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

TR
Tony Randall

Jonathan Forbes

NA
Nick Adams

Tony Walters

JM
Julia Meade

AJ
Allen Jenkins

Harry

MM
Mary McCarty

AG
Alex Gerry

Dr. A.C. Maxwell

HR
Hayden Rorke

Mr. Conrad

VA
Valerie Allen

Eileen

JB
Jacqueline Beer

Yvette

AS
Arlen Stuart

Tilda

PB
Perry Blackwell

Perry

RB
Robert B. Williams

Mr. Graham

ML
Muriel Landers

Moose Taggett

William Schallert

Hotel Clerk

KN
Karen Norris

Miss Dickenson

Details

Directed by
Michael Gordon
Written by
Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Type
Movies
Released
1959
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 21,318 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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