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River of No Return

1954 · 91 min · Director: Otto Preminger ★ IMDb 6.6 · 14,466 ratings

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An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

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River of No Return (1954) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Empathy 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Hope20%
  2. Love15%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Empathy, Hope. Genres: Adventure, Western. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Empathy and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Tension

Tension
Empathy
Relief
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 8 %, then rises around 28 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathyRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Sadness40 %13 %17 %2 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Empathy38 %14 %28 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Relief39 %15 %30 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Tension41 %28 %21 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension45 %31 %26 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Empathy51 %30 %36 %14 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension64 %53 %43 %15 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Tension69 %64 %51 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Empathy61 %54 %50 %23 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension63 %56 %48 %10 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension68 %60 %55 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Empathy63 %51 %58 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 57′Relief59 %49 %49 %31 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Tension66 %61 %39 %21 %
72.5 %≈ 66′Tension70 %68 %36 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension65 %62 %40 %18 %
82.5 %≈ 75′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
87.5 %≈ 80′Relief73 %58 %45 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 84′Tension78 %56 %54 %44 %
97.5 %≈ 89′Relief73 %35 %48 %43 %
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

Robert Mitchum

Matt Calder

TR
Tommy Rettig

MV
Murvyn Vye

DS
Douglas Spencer

Sam Benson

FA
Fred Aldrich

Prospector (uncredited)

LC
Larry Chance

CA
Claire Andre

Surrey Driver (uncredited)

HB
Hal Baylor

Young Punk (uncredited)

CH
Chuck Hicks

Don Beddoe

Ben (uncredited)

AM
Ann McCrea

PB
Phil Bloom

Prospector (uncredited)

BB
Buck Bucko

Council City Barfly (uncredited)

RB
Roy Bucko

Prospector (uncredited)

JC
John Cliff

Leering Man (uncredited)

EC
Edmund Cobb

Barber (uncredited)

CC
Cecil Combs

Prospector (uncredited)

JD
John Doucette

Man in Saloon (uncredited)

TD
Tex Driscoll

Prospector (uncredited)

GG
Geneva Gray

Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Frank Fenton, Louis Lantz
Type
Movies
Released
1954
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 14,466 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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