Bite the Bullet
1975 · 132 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 6,168 VOTES · DIR. Richard Brooks
Overview
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Dialogue Timeline — 650 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:35 Heard your paper was running an honest race.
00:08:17 Two thousand reasons.
00:10:31 You like horses?
00:16:18 Jump-off time: 6:00 in the morning.
00:18:44 Matthew 5:44.
00:21:22 $30 for an all-night woman.
00:23:59 Horse race pulled them in. This crowd, their hustle's the fast buck.
00:26:41 I bathed that old man every day till he died.
00:29:29 Well, that's not so serious.
00:40:02 A little over eight hours. They ought to be strung out...
00:45:35 The bullet size. Use the casing to cover the tooth.
00:49:11 We'll catch them before dark.
00:57:05 Don't! What he said don't bother me. Now, quit!
01:02:03 You certainly have a knack of provoking a man to violence.
01:04:39 -The money? -The prize.
01:06:26 ...rodeo hand, barman...
01:08:55 -And that stubborn Englishman.... -He'll never keep up the lick.
01:13:52 Son of a bitch.
01:18:26 We didn't charge up there, either.
01:27:49 What he said. Is it that important?
01:38:34 Sorry about all those things I said.
01:40:28 What the hell's inspiring about a flash flood or a blizzard?
01:46:36 How?
300:02:00 Most of it old Parker's money.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed650
Dialogue density4.9 lines / min
First line00:02:35
Final line300:02:00
Production Record
DirectorRichard Brooks
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
IMDb votes6,168