Joe Hill
1971 · 114 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 960 VOTES · DIR. Bo Widerberg
Overview
In the early 1900s, the legendary Joe Hill emigrates with his brother to the United States. But after a short time, he loses touch with his brother. Joe gets a few jobs but is struck by all the injustice and tragedy going on. He becomes active in the forbidden union IWW, a union for workers without trades. It is forbidden to demonstrate and to speak in public but Joe gets around that by singing his manifests with the Salvation Army. He manages to get more and more people to go on strike with him but he also makes powerful enemies doing that. Finally he gets connected with a murder and during the trial he fires his lawyer and takes upon himself to become his own defender.
Dialogue Timeline — 52 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:14 Dear Esther, your brothers have now
00:00:20 already bought quite a lot of furniture.
00:00:29 There we have a future Beethoven.
00:00:35 and some yellows, too
00:00:47 ...is that...
00:00:58 ...with chronic...
00:01:06 - Well, the houses.
00:03:16 - Found any work?
00:03:30 - You learn better with short sentences.
00:03:52 - I have to find something.
00:04:18 - Well, the coffee is good here...
00:04:36 - I don't know, I don't have the watch...
00:17:03 - Thank you.
00:17:18 - What is your name, miss?
00:17:24 - And how well it suits you.
00:17:33 - Except when done violence to by an old hen, like that ...
00:19:49 [...] not seen Lucia [...] was taken by the police and [...]
01:40:53 - A bird!