A Chump at Oxford

1940 · 61 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,505 VOTES · DIR. Alfred J. Goulding

A Chump at Oxford poster

Overview

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

Dialogue Timeline — 383 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:37 Well, what's the matter now?
00:03:49 - Stan! Oh, Stan! - What?
00:05:28 This way, please.
00:06:23 Then carry on.
00:07:16 Don't be afraid to make yourselves at home. Ta-ta.
00:08:33 - English colleges give you the works. - Don't they?
00:10:47 Well, what would you do in a case like that?
00:12:17 You missed!
00:13:16 - Ow! - There, sir!
00:14:13 - Didn't he, Stan? - He certainly did. Didn't you?
00:15:13 That's right.
00:16:03 - You never saw him before in your life. - And I never saw you either.
00:17:07 Your Lordship had just defeated Cambridge
00:18:01 Fight like a demon... Wiggle your ears.
00:19:08 Some gentleman must have violated the ethics of the student body.
00:20:09 Climb out the window, sir, along the ledge through to the next study.
00:21:08 Yes, you dirty snitcher!
00:23:06 Why, you little shrimp!
00:23:54 Meredith, show this common person the egress and eject him forcibly.
00:25:33 - Why do you tolerate him? - I don't know.
00:26:27 Tuesday. And, er...
00:27:21 Er, no poise, you don't walk right, or something.
00:28:22 - I've never been so humiliated... - Really, old dear.
00:29:13 Of course I know you. Have you got one of those dizzy spells?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed383
Dialogue density6.3 lines / min
First line00:00:37
Final line00:29:13

Production Record

DirectorAlfred J. Goulding
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,505