Dead Reckoning
1946 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 9,353 VOTES · DIR. John Cromwell
Overview
War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,143 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:56 Get your Sunday morning paper!
00:04:29 - Blond or brunette? - Redhead in a sloppy joe sweater.
00:07:26 You look like the first time you jumped. Look, kid, if it's trouble...
00:10:57 "Prendergast, Prescott, Prestwood."
00:14:59 - Hit and run. - No, he's too old.
00:18:38 - What'll it be? - Rye and water.
00:21:48 - He was frantic for three years. - Was he?
00:27:28 I was walking into something. We were going to gamble, win or lose.
00:31:23 What man has done, Murdock can do.
00:35:35 I just woke up in my garage.
00:40:50 Hello, Dusty. Yeah.
00:45:32 He gets to his restaurant, he puts her on the table...
00:48:41 - Why? - I knew him like my own birthmark.
00:52:21 Joe, that's my kid, he brought this junk back from Japan.
00:56:36 Hey, wait a minute!
01:01:49 Martinelli! Martinelli!
01:05:46 Wrong, as usual.
01:09:24 Rip, what have they done to you?
01:13:04 And offered to get rid of the gun.
01:17:20 Have I got that look in my eyes?
01:21:01 Chucking your fingerprints will be my last pitch.
01:25:13 Beat it, Mike. Keep the motor running and the headlights on.
01:28:43 These are out of Tojo, by Hitler. Creeping Jelly, we called them.
01:32:27 Give it to me.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,143
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:00:56
Final line01:32:27
Production Record
DirectorJohn Cromwell
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,353