Guadalcanal Diary

1943 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 2,345 VOTES · DIR. Lewis Seiler

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Overview

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Dialogue Timeline — 908 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:17 is a peaceful, lazy day of rest here on our transport
00:04:58 (PA) Sweepers, man your brooms.
00:07:33 - What a sweet old lady. - Yeah.
00:10:51 - ""We have worked hard for this action..."" - He"s telling us.
00:13:27 But then of course they"ve never tasted marine meat.
00:17:12 Every nerve taut.
00:22:04 You"re learning fast. Beter to waste ammunition than take any chances.
00:26:06 Where"s me helmet?
00:29:44 That in the jungle surrounding us men are lurking.
00:32:30 There you are, Father.
00:35:24 lf we ain"t, it ain"t the cook"s fault.
00:38:47 Captain Cross has decided to wait for cover of darkness before landing near Matanikau
00:45:57 Men, boys, going into battle for the first time in their lives.
00:50:18 (makes animal noises)
00:53:56 The first emotion, elation, is gone.
00:56:10 Margarita.
00:59:04 Right there. You can see it with the naked eye.
01:02:02 Say, buddy, how many Japs you killed?
01:06:56 as the Cards and the Yanks tangled in the second game of the World Series.
01:10:09 Sure makes you feel kind of naked.
01:13:07 l"m not going to say l"m sorry for everything l"ve done.
01:16:30 Must be some mistake. This tastes OK.
01:19:27 because everything"s OK - no kidding.
01:22:18 Attack, attack and attack.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed908
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:02:17
Final line01:22:18

Production Record

DirectorLewis Seiler
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,345