84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 11,741 VOTES · DIR. David Hugh Jones
Overview
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,038 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:50 . Your first trip to London? . Yes.
00:06:15 ...Helene Hanff.
00:10:07 Yours, Helene Hanff.
00:13:40 We are sending it off to you today with invoice enclosed.
00:17:21 This is terrific. Let's make a list.
00:20:12 . Sort of fruit and vegetables? . Yes.
00:23:41 "I've decided you're young and very sophisticated and smart. Iooking."
00:26:24 ...a bedroom, a dining room and a kitchen.
00:29:32 Very nice indeed.
00:32:10 There are five of us in the shop, not including Mr. Marks and Mr. Cohen.
00:36:32 And raisins.
00:39:44 ...then she thought I was a fine fellow, and all was forgiven.
00:43:40 ...and Spy and all those old English caricaturists and illustrators...
00:47:54 New York during rush hour. Ginny, I'm so sorry.
00:52:39 ...I think there may be a possibility it originated in France.
00:56:20 "You can't even get Walton's Lives in a library over here.
01:00:04 Dear Helene:
01:04:05 But the cost is simply astronomical.
01:09:39 . Perhaps we could find them for you. . I live in the States.
01:12:53 ...have in common except they were both English...
01:16:23 My eldest daughter, Sheila, 24, suddenly decided to be a teacher...
01:20:11 Still alive, are we?
01:23:58 We want to point out that black students occupy this building.
01:28:06 With love, Nora.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,038
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:28:06
Production Record
DirectorDavid Hugh Jones
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$2,538,291
IMDb votes11,741