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A Sound of Different Drummers

1957 · 90 min

A quiet, oppressive dystopian drama that builds unease through hushed rooms and moral pressure rather than action.

Genres
Tv movie, Drama
Overview
A young security police officer in a future totalitarian state is assigned to suppress illegal intellectual activity, including executing book readers. He catches a librarian hiding a banned book and joins her in reading books.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Power, rebellion, freedom, identity
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    near-future
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    tv movie, drama
    Directed by
    John Frankenheimer
    Written by
    Robert Alan Aurthur
    Starring
    Arthur Batanides, Paul Bryar, James Edwards, Sterling Hayden, Jean Inness, John Ireland, Helen Kleeb, Paul Lambert
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    United States of America

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