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Hell Drivers

1957 · 108 min · Director: Cy Endfield ★ IMDb 7.2 · 4,775 ratings

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An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

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Hell Drivers (1957) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 30%, Excitement 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

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

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Excitement and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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 3 %, then rises around 88 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension28 %23 %12 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension40 %36 %13 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension46 %38 %14 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Humor44 %23 %18 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Humor43 %20 %23 %3 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Humor44 %33 %24 %3 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension45 %43 %21 %3 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension41 %39 %23 %4 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Humor44 %39 %23 %4 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Tension55 %50 %25 %5 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Sympathy55 %45 %33 %9 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Humor53 %40 %31 %8 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Tension60 %48 %36 %18 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Sympathy59 %44 %41 %29 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension56 %48 %32 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Tension65 %57 %39 %15 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Sympathy70 %54 %59 %39 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Sympathy78 %55 %74 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Sadness88 %68 %73 %69 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Tension90 %80 %58 %50 %
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

PC
Peggy Cummins

WH
William Hartnell

Cartley, Hawlett Manager

WL
Wilfrid Lawson

WL
Wilfrid Lawson

Ed, Hawlett Mechanic

David McCallum

Jimmy Yately, Tom's brother

Sean Connery

Johnny Kates

MR
Marjorie Rhodes

Ma West

VD
Vera Day

Blonde at Dance

MS
Marianne Stone

Nurse

WP
Wensley Pithey

Pop

BV
Beatrice Varley

Tom's Mother

JH
John Horsley

Doctor attending Gino

RC
Ronald Clarke

Barber Joe

GM
George Murcell

Tub

Details

Directed by
Cy Endfield
Written by
Cy Endfield, John Kruse
Type
Movies
Released
1957
Runtime
108 min
Country
United Kingdom
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 4,775 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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