How to Frame a Figg

1971 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,082 VOTES · DIR. Alan Rafkin

How to Frame a Figg poster

Overview

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after things, knowing he'll never catch on. Their plan backfires when Figg becomes self-important and accidentally discovers their plot.

Dialogue Timeline — 864 lines

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00:29:17 Hey, that's what I call efficiency in government.
00:31:44 We just have to be very careful...
00:34:05 Tell him to be here bright and early in the morning;
00:36:41 All the contractors are under investigation right now.
00:39:17 Pitman, 150 words a minute; and Gregg, 130 words a minute.
00:42:00 Uh, excuse us, please. Pardon me. Excuse us. Mayor.
00:44:34 Hollis eats here every day, and look at him.
00:47:32 and my mother livin' in Cleveland...
00:49:49 I have something very mild I'm sure you'll enjoy.
00:52:23 Oh, I have a lot of, um, uh, doting uncles.
00:55:44 Nothing's connected up anymore.
00:58:02 Gentlemen, he did it out of the goodness of his heart.
01:00:59 Why don't we go by your place and have a nice talk?
01:03:34 for a patsy in Corruption Over Manhattan.
01:07:02 No good.
01:10:30 Let's get outta here.
01:13:12 for Figg's arrest, Mr. Spaulding, so there won't be...
01:15:22 Yeah, well, listenin' in on people's conversations...
01:19:10 Robert, just stand aside there.
01:22:22 Oh, excuse me. Go right back to whatever you're doin'.
01:25:06 - Isn't that what I just said? - Yeah.
01:29:45 after bein' soaked in formaldehyde.
01:33:45 That's it.
01:38:10 We did it, Pren! We did it!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed864
Dialogue density8.4 lines / min
First line00:29:17
Final line01:38:10

Production Record

DirectorAlan Rafkin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,082