Buck and the Preacher

1972 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,895 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Poitier

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Overview

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Dialogue Timeline — 588 lines

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00:04:18 Your land runs a thousand rods to the left of that big tree...
00:09:06 He had a name something else.
00:20:40 There's two mountains pointin' up to the sky.
00:23:41 The whiskey.
00:27:23 there's $500 for you.
00:29:14 Old Uncle Cudjo. He's more conjurer than preacher.
00:31:58 I asked your horse.
00:35:32 Nothin'. 'Cept it's a fool farmer let the weasel travel in the chicken coop.
00:40:01 north of the salt wales on the west bank of the Pecos.
00:47:20 Ain't no use. We done been turned around.
00:49:11 They catched me with your horse in a stop called Frenchman's Ford.
00:52:12 That's them. Deshay is the one with the hat.
00:53:46 Yea, though he flees as a shadow, yet will I lead thee to him...
00:57:18 The money!
01:01:45 Horses are in the thicket.
01:03:38 and raise them someplace where there ain't a shadow of slavery.
01:06:31 Looks like there just ain't no other way.
01:08:28 So I got the cart, the horse...
01:12:47 - That's a whole mess of gold. - You can't carry it on a horse.
01:21:26 Yeah.
01:24:07 where Fox River crosses the grassland at place of skull.
01:26:58 One question.
01:31:03 If they're gonna join up with 'em, they oughta do it before sundown.
01:38:15 I run out.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed588
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:04:18
Final line01:38:15

Production Record

DirectorSidney Poitier
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,895