Buck and the Preacher
1972 · 102 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,895 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Poitier
Overview
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Dialogue Timeline — 588 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
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.
00:19:58 You forgot your coffee!
00:23:38 Boy!
00:27:13 We want this Buck. We want him bad.
00:29:10 We ain't got none.
00:31:07 I would like to offer a prayer for your safe guidance here...
00:35:22 There's a lot of room out in the West. It's not elbow to elbow out that way.
00:39:49 I got a wagon train comin' through.
00:46:25 My God!
00:48:39 I'll find you somewhere north of the Pecos.
00:50:52 employed by the Delta Planters Association in Louisiana.
00:53:29 They have eyes that see not until they are open!
00:54:49 He's comin' and he's waitin', got no time for fornicatin'.
01:01:18 That's all.
01:03:04 The war ain't changed nothing or nobody. It's a poison soaked into the ground.
01:05:58 I killed men before.
01:07:56 When I come back, my mama was gone.
01:12:17 - What's in the box? - U.S. Government shipment.
01:14:31 You're the one that's crazy.
01:23:13 - Food. - Dried meat.
01:26:13 Eighteen hundred dollars. That's your share.
01:28:36 - They went tracking the wagon train. - How close are they to the train?
01:31:59 You make one move against those people...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed588
Dialogue density5.8 lines / min
First line00:04:18
Final line01:31:59
Production Record
DirectorSidney Poitier
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,895