Foreign Correspondent
1940 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 24,785 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock
Overview
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,516 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:00 - What's new? - Same old daily bunkeroo.
00:05:41 Mr. Van Meer, when questioned by our oracle, Mr. Stebbins...
00:09:52 Mr. Powers told me you'd probably be here. Nice of you to come.
00:13:47 Would you mind telling me...
00:18:06 Now we're getting somewhere. The universal language.
00:21:47 than the speaker I'm about to introduce.
00:27:21 There he goes!
00:36:50 This drug. I can hardly think.
00:47:27 I really think I should be going now.
00:51:17 I've set mine on fire.
00:57:13 I should tidy up, but I'm simply starved.
01:00:40 What do we do now, call Scotland Yard?
01:04:33 I used to walk alongside of him, man-to-man like.
01:09:57 It makes the back of me legs go funny. Heights always did.
01:13:51 The most important clause was never written down...
01:17:51 - You looked unappy kissing me. - Never happier in my life.
01:22:23 Are you taking Carol with you?
01:27:23 thought it would be better to go further away.
01:33:35 Have I been here long?
01:38:47 You're a blithering idiot if you don't nab Fisher...
01:43:51 Sometimes it's harder to fight dishonorably than nobly in the open.
01:47:55 It's the Germans. They're sorry. They thought we were a bomber.
01:56:21 have been hanging on a half-submerged wing for hours...
24:05:07 He's the director of the airline.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,516
Dialogue density12.6 lines / min
First line00:02:00
Final line24:05:07
Production Record
DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes24,785