Bitter Victory

Name: Bitter Victory
Director: Nicholas Ray
Released: 1957
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Anthony Bushell

1957 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,375 VOTES · DIR. Nicholas Ray

Overview

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:23 [man shouting orders]

00:05:49 Uh, it's your wife, sir.

00:07:43 Neither has Brand.

00:10:24 So does careless silence.

00:12:57 Jimmy, why didn't you stay?

00:16:03 Oh.

00:19:02 [speaking Arabic]

00:21:21 Now carry on.

00:23:32 All right.

00:28:26 [woman ululating]

00:34:50 (Leith) All right, everybody out.

00:39:14 Please yourself.

00:42:59 Then take the men you need.

00:48:09 [soldier whispering] Nein.

00:53:59 If we don't make an effort...

00:58:12 Hmm.

01:02:57 You're imagining things.

01:05:35 will you fall in the men?

01:09:24 I wasn't afraid. Yes, you were.

01:14:18 [panting]

01:19:57 I'm afraid Capt. Leith is pretty bad, sir.

01:23:32 Leith.

01:29:12 (soldier) What happened?

01:34:18 I suppose he would have said:

Cast & Characters

Richard Burton Captain Leith Curd Jürgens Major Brand Ruth Roman Jane Brand Raymond Pellegrin Mekrane Anthony Bushell General Paterson Alfred Burke Lt. Colonel Callander Sean Kelly Lieutenant Barton Ramón de Larrocha Lieutenant Sanders Christopher Lee Sergeant Barney Ronan O'Casey Sergeant Dunnigan

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,105

Dialogue density10.8 lines / min

First line00:02:23

Final line01:34:18

Production Record

DirectorNicholas Ray

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,375