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
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00:00:14 Dear Esther, your brothers have now
00:00:18 We have rented a nice room, and we have
00:00:23 Julle also bought a banjo, which
00:00:29 There we have a future Beethoven.
00:00:34 We have already seen quite a few negroes
00:00:42 (Oh, I know:) The worst thing...
00:00:51 ...we both...
00:00:58 ...with chronic...
00:01:04 - What do you mean by that?
00:02:31 - What the hell are you doing, huh?
00:03:19 - Nah, nothing there either.
00:03:30 - You learn better with short sentences.
00:03:51 - I have to get out.
00:03:54 - Do you know what I did today?
00:04:20 - ...tastes just like it does at home.
00:04:36 - I don't know, I don't have the watch...
00:04:44 - ...the kid!...
00:17:04 - Ah, a compatriot! An italiana!
00:17:18 - What is your name, miss?
00:17:24 - And how well it suits you.
00:17:30 - it is a fascinating concert.
00:17:39 - Such beautiful eyes.
00:19:49 [...] not seen Lucia [...] was taken by the police and [...]
01:40:53 - A bird!