Blue, White, and Perfect

Name: Blue, White, and Perfect
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Released: 1942
Duration: 74 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds, George Reeves, Steven Geray

1942 · 74 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 575 VOTES · DIR. Herbert I. Leeds

Overview

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,055 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:05 [Horn Honking]

00:03:58 This is your mug, isn`t it?

00:06:23 You see, I had to save you from yourself.

00:09:04 - I turned on the alarm. - Check the vault and see what's missing.

00:11:46 - Get busy at once, and don`t spare anything. - Yeah.

00:15:28 [Shayne] Hah. If you please.

00:18:19 - I`m very sorry, Colonel. - Think nothing of it, sir. Think nothing of it.

00:22:13 [Door Slams]

00:26:38 Exactly Oliver Twist. What are you gonna do with me?

00:29:47 Okay, then make it Theodore H. Sherman Jr., sales manager.

00:32:21 I`ve got a check here for a thousand dollars made out to my order.

00:35:06 your fellow traveling companion, and one of the nicest chaps you`ll ever know.

00:37:19 - Come on, Nappy. Tell us what you found. - Please, come on.

00:39:29 - May as well turn in too. Buenas noches, Nappy, old boy. - Good night, sir. Happy dreams.

00:43:33 - I`m going back to Honolulu. - Back to Honolulu. Yeah, I know. But why?

00:49:23 - Down Mr. Dodson`s gullet. - Oh, a fine thing.

00:51:34 - Good night. - Good night, madame.

00:56:00 Well, wait a minute, will ya? There`s an awful mistake goin` on here.

00:59:38 I thought I could smoke you and the princess, the guy with the silencer...

01:02:16 May as well be six months as far as this case is concerned.

01:04:41 I really wish you wouldn`t, Mike.

01:07:10 Yeah. And, oh, Your Honor, do you mind hurrying it up?

01:09:32 - Can you imagine that? - What happened, monsieur?

01:12:12 Naturally, I prefer this way.

Cast & Characters

Lloyd Nolan Michael Shayne Mary Beth Hughes Merle Garland Helene Reynolds Helen Shaw George Reeves Juan Arturo O'Hara Steven Geray Vanderhoefen Henry Victor Rudolf Hagerman Curt Bois Friedrich Gerber, alias Nappy Dubois Marie Blake Ethel Emmett Vogan Charlie Mae Marsh Mrs. Bertha Toby

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,055

Dialogue density14.3 lines / min

First line00:01:05

Final line01:12:12

Production Record

DirectorHerbert I. Leeds

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes575