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Night and the City

1950 · 95 min · Director: Jules Dassin ★ IMDb 7.8 · 16,930 ratings

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Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

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Emotional fingerprint

Night and the City (1950) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Tension 25%, Sadness 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger12%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 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
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Tension
Sympathy
Sadness
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 8 %, then peaks around 73 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Curiosity40 %28 %23 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Curiosity39 %25 %23 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Curiosity40 %25 %16 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Curiosity46 %30 %18 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Curiosity48 %31 %26 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity44 %32 %26 %15 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Curiosity43 %35 %20 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Curiosity48 %41 %20 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension58 %55 %24 %13 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension59 %59 %23 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension60 %60 %23 %14 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension71 %70 %34 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension80 %78 %49 %38 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Tension86 %80 %63 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Sadness88 %76 %64 %61 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Tension83 %75 %45 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension79 %76 %36 %31 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension77 %69 %53 %50 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Sympathy81 %65 %74 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Sadness87 %72 %83 %82 %
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

FL
Francis L. Sullivan

GW
Googie Withers

GW
Googie Withers

Helen Nosseross

SZ
Stanislaus Zbyszko

MM
Mike Mazurki

The Strangler

AR
Ada Reeve

KR
Ken Richmond

Nikolas

AT
Alan Tilvern

Beggar (uncredited)

DB
Derek Blomfield

Young Policeman (uncredited)

CB
Clifford Buckton

Policeman (uncredited)

EB
Ernest Butcher

Bert, Street Musician (uncredited)

PB
Peter Butterworth

Thug (uncredited)

NC
Naomi Chance

Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)

EC
Edward Chapman

Hoskins (uncredited)

CC
Clifford Cobbe

Policeman (uncredited)

PD
Patricia Davidson

Nightclub Hostess (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Jules Dassin
Written by
Gerald Kersh, Jo Eisinger, Austin Dempster, William E. Watts
Type
Movies
Released
1950
Runtime
95 min
Country
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 16,930 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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