Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breakdown

1955 · 26 MIN

Overview

William Callew is involved in a bad traffic accident on a rural road, that leaves him so paralyzed he appears lifeless, and when help arrives they think he's really dead.

Dialogue Timeline — 401 lines

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00:00:29 Good evening.
00:01:16 and will give you something to ponder if you have ever given an employee the sack.
00:02:39 That'll be all. I'll stop by your desk and sign them later.
00:03:28 You've got six months' severance pay, and there are other jobs.
00:04:13 Mr. Callew?
00:04:55 Maybe from hating you.
00:06:29 Like dust on my eyes.
00:07:23 But nothing hurts.
00:08:11 Maybe they went for help. Probably just escaped.
00:09:16 (Callew) What are they doing? Why aren't they moving me?
00:10:14 Maybe they just came for the car, but what with?
00:11:47 Ain't nothing left. They took everything. They sure did.
00:12:46 Maybe a little less pressure in my chest.
00:13:43 There goes my coat.
00:14:37 no use getting worked up about it.
00:15:43 Now hold on.
00:16:54 [tapping]
00:17:50 maybe when they move me one of them will see it.
00:18:43 Reckon they'll have to get the bloodhounds after them.
00:19:53 All night I'll be alone in the dark.
00:20:48 I'll have to continue the inquest until we....
00:21:29 They'll have to hear. They'll have to see.
00:22:32 Oh, don't. Don't go. Look at me.
00:23:22 Imagine if you can, the terror of being inside a television set...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed401
Dialogue density15.4 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line00:23:22

Production Record

LanguageEnglish