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1968 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 25,760 VOTES · DIR. Lindsay Anderson
Overview
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,139 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 [Organ]
00:04:39 Food in the locker.
00:08:46 Put him right in the middle.
00:12:39 I'm sure you'll all help him to find his feet.
00:15:36 Have you a shilling?
00:20:00 With thy spirit
00:23:08 but I'm sure it was good.
00:26:45 sparsely clad and much interfered with.
00:30:12 - [Biles Screams] No! - Oh, turn it up!
00:33:41 - It's not up to you to think. - Sorry, Rowntree.
00:36:54 [Laughing]
00:41:14 Forward a bit.
00:46:10 [Knightly] England, awake!
00:56:12 And I'm like a tiger.
01:01:01 You can hear it as it eats into your brain.
01:04:14 And wait in silence.
01:08:55 - Only four. - [Denson] Knightly.
01:17:12 This house has seen great days.
01:22:32 There are failures great and small...
01:27:10 - [Whistle Blows] - [Thomas] Stop there.
01:30:51 or to sacrifice a week's holiday...
01:38:26 [Speaking Latin]
01:41:06 Let us just be true to honor, duty, national pride.
01:46:36 [Fades]
Cast & Characters
Malcolm McDowell
Mick - Crusader
David Wood
Johnny - Crusader
Richard Warwick
Wallace - Crusader
Christine Noonan
The Girl - Crusader
Rupert Webster
Bobby Philips - Crusader
Robert Swann
Rowntree - Whip
Hugh Thomas
Denson - Whip
Michael Cadman
Fortinbras - Whip
Peter Sproule
Barnes - Whip
Peter Jeffrey
Headmaster - Staff
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,139
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:46:36
Production Record
DirectorLindsay Anderson
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Revenue$4,600,000
IMDb votes25,760