An Inspector Calls

1954 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 5,626 VOTES · DIR. Guy Hamilton

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Overview

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

Dialogue Timeline — 1,247 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:36 Well, a very good dinner, Sibil! Tell cook from me.
00:04:21 Fiddlesticks! The Germans don't want war, nobody wants war!
00:07:10 I'd like some information if you don't mind.
00:10:29 Yes. - I don't see why I should have to give you an explanation.
00:13:24 Alright, we'll be along in a minute, we're finished here.
00:16:21 When was this? - The end of january last year.
00:19:44 Yes I suppose I was...
00:22:33 I don't know what you're talking about.
00:25:07 I don't like your tone, or the way you're conducting this inquiry!
00:29:09 Well, I.... - You had no dinner.
00:32:35 It's too late now, I can't wake up the house at this time of night.
00:37:56 I suppose I didn't feel about her the way she did about me.
00:41:47 I don't dislike you as I did half an hour ago.
00:44:42 Why should you hope so?
00:47:21 Not as Eva Smith? - No.
00:50:01 In my opinion he should be publicly exposed.
00:53:09 Go on Sibil.
00:56:08 And I'm so bored all day that I have to go out with the boys at night
00:59:27 I know you don't want to let me down, but
01:03:30 Your trouble is that you're being spoiled!
01:06:47 Alright. But you mustn't feel like that about Gerald, either.
01:10:12 you'd better keep quiet.
01:12:34 Of course! There were probably 4 or 5 different girls.
01:15:53 To ask some questions.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,247
Dialogue density15.6 lines / min
First line00:01:36
Final line01:15:53

Production Record

DirectorGuy Hamilton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,626