Backfire
1950 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,919 VOTES · DIR. Vincent Sherman
Overview
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,286 lines
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00:01:14 Julie.
00:03:53 Hark! The herald angels sing
00:06:50 We get tired of the same old faces.
00:10:56 Ten days.
00:13:48 Yeah. Yeah, that's right.
00:17:08 Why were you so worried?
00:20:40 Not if he's lying somewhere with a busted spine.
00:24:11 He was my pet on this floor.
00:27:11 Tell him the arrangements have been made for 4.
00:30:01 I go every Friday night. I have a permanent ringside seat.
00:33:15 ...he tried to steer me onto something else, I wouldn't listen. What happens?
00:37:32 Solly! Oh!
00:44:22 Why didn't you say that in the first place?
00:48:30 - And where did he find you? - A sale. War surplus. Big reduction.
00:51:22 ...but I wonder what my chances might be here.
00:54:35 Only the strong or the cunning can live.
00:58:01 Then that means that Steve's in the clear, doesn't it?
01:00:41 Do you know Mr. Walsh? Lou Walsh?
01:03:55 Sure, but I knew what I was doing. I walked in with my eyes open.
01:08:24 What I can't understand is why Lou Walsh...
01:14:42 What's that?
01:20:05 You're Lou Walsh.
01:23:08 And then she came.
01:26:39 Let me go, Ben.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,286
Dialogue density14.1 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:26:39
Production Record
DirectorVincent Sherman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,919