Behind Green Lights

1946 · 64 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,163 VOTES · DIR. Otto Brower

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Overview

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.

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Dialogue Timeline — 864 lines

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00:00:00 Subtitles: Luís Filipe Bernardes
00:03:12 That would be great, lieutenant. I sure need one.
00:06:05 Huh? Sure, play it up big. Lay it on thick.
00:08:14 That girl couldn't be mixed up in this case.
00:10:22 He was murdered this evening.
00:12:27 The administration, too. The administration's your problem.
00:14:25 Why, a week after the election the whole thing'll be completely forgotten.
00:17:44 Please, won't you give me a little more time... Look, Miss Bradley, you're stalling.
00:20:02 You know what that will do to my father on Tuesday.
00:22:33 I'm sorry, Mr. Calvert. I didn't know you were here.
00:24:30 If you have to, make the morgue attendant the fall guy.
00:27:10 Bard was shot through the heart.
00:28:59 What's your address?
00:34:59 The doors must have fallen open.
00:37:09 Last time I found them in my overcoat pocket.
00:39:13 Absolutely, Mr. Jones.
00:41:14 Here's Doc Yager now. What's this all about, Sam?
00:43:15 Yes.
00:45:14 He took a step toward me.
00:48:33 I released the brake...
00:51:08 If you could give just one solid reason why I shouldn't.
00:53:55 He must have been out to dinner. So I stuck around.
00:56:36 It isn't in either his apartment or his office. Because there never was any.
00:59:14 You're invited to our wedding, lieutenant. Fine, I'll be there.

Cast & Characters

Carole Landis Janet Bradley William Gargan Lt. Sam Carson Richard Crane Johnny Williams - Reporter Mary Anderson Nora Bard John Ireland Det. Oppenheimer Charles Russell Arthur Templeton Roy Roberts Max Calvert Mabel Paige Flossie Stanley Prager Ruzinsky - Milkman Charles Tannen Ames - Reporter

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed864
Dialogue density13.5 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:59:14

Production Record

DirectorOtto Brower
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,163