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Carbine Williams

1952 · 92 min · Director: Richard Thorpe ★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,250 ratings

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David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

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Carbine Williams (1952) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Inspiration 30%, Empathy 25%, Satisfaction 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Inspiration, Empathy, Satisfaction. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Inspiration, Empathy and Satisfaction. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 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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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Inspiration

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Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

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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 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionInspiration
2.5 %≈ 2′Hope33 %28 %23 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sympathy36 %30 %28 %1 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Hope38 %25 %26 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Hope40 %18 %26 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension50 %20 %44 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Tension61 %33 %60 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Tension64 %44 %61 %5 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Tension68 %55 %54 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Sadness74 %63 %49 %3 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Tension75 %61 %60 %1 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Sympathy74 %61 %68 %1 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Sympathy64 %54 %59 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension60 %50 %57 %8 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Sympathy74 %66 %61 %9 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Sympathy80 %78 %48 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Sympathy76 %69 %44 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Tension73 %51 %51 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Hope68 %39 %44 %55 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Hope70 %36 %33 %66 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Inspiration78 %40 %20 %73 %
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

WC
Wendell Corey

OH
Otto Hulett

Rhys Williams

Redwick Karson

HH
Herbert Heyes

JA
James Arness

JA
James Arness

Leon Williams

FR
Fay Roope

District Attorney

RD
Ralph Dumke

Andrew White

LE
Leif Erickson

Feder

HC
Henry Corden

Bill Stockton

HP
Howard Petrie

Sheriff

SR
Stuart Randall

Tom Vennar

DR
Dan Riss

Jesse Rimmer

RH
Robert Hyatt

David Williams (as Bobby Hyatt)

ML
Marlene Lyden

Mary Eloise Williams (uncredited)

LB
Lovyss Bradley

Details

Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Written by
Art Cohn
Type
Movies
Released
1952
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 2,250 ratings
Feels mostly
Inspiration
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