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
00:03:15 Come on, Johnny. Meet the rest of the gang. Okay, I'll see you later.
00:06:14 Oppenheimer, go up to Bard's apartment. Bring back any letters or photographs that might look hot.
00:08:25 Send Brewer in.
00:10:44 No. Suppose you tell me why you went to see him.
00:12:53 She was with Bard this evening, wasn't she?
00:15:14 What did you find in Bard's apartment?
00:18:37 You'll find them all there. Don't move!
00:21:05 We know all about that.
00:23:10 Diagrams of Bard's apartment. Pictures of the murder car.
00:25:57 Yes?
00:27:54 He liked to hurt people. He did it deliberately.
00:33:51 If you can't find the body, report to me as soon as you get here.
00:36:15 I'll tell you what you do, Flossy. You go down to the desk...
00:38:24 You can't have a big lug like Rezinsky delivering milk in it.
00:40:31 Say, this guy didn't bleed much.
00:42:35 It would grow and keep on growing. In the end it would break us apart.
00:44:35 I'll talk with you as soon as I'm through with this party.
00:47:29 I'd have to carry him down.
00:50:44 Someone slipped the stuff in his whiskey decanter.
00:53:36 Sure I did. When?
00:56:22 Bard's death is a lucky break for you, isn't it, Doc?
00:59:04 You can count on both of us. I think Yager's confession will be sufficient.
20:00:00 in the morning.

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 line20:00:00

Production Record

DirectorOtto Brower
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,163