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Patrouille blanche

1942 · 89 min

A shadowy old-fashioned thriller that creeps along with quiet menace, pitting sinister schemers against a lonely engineering outpost.

Overview
An Oriental villain named Halloway is called in by wealthy oil interests who want to destroy a dam project for hydroelectric power that may threaten their profits.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • greed
  • power
  • crime
  • conspiracy
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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