Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962 · 170 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 6,144 VOTES · DIR. Sidney Lumet

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Overview

Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,815 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:40 Thank heaven the fog is gone.
00:06:27 Dr. Hardy!
00:12:38 - When is he going to call you up about Edmund? - Around lunch time.
00:18:51 That Bridgette! I...I thought I'd never get away. She told me all about her second cousin on the police force in St. Louis.
00:26:19 - That's what makes it so... hard for all of us we can't... forget. . Stop it Mama!
00:35:51 She should have more respect.
00:42:11 Why... why do you... look at me like that?
00:50:00 Everything's in the bag, it's all a frame up we're all fall guys and suckers and we can't beat the game.
00:56:53 You shouldn't have bought a second hand automobile.
01:04:58 Your head is a little hot... but that's just from going out in the sun.
01:12:56 It doesn't remind me of anything, except perhaps Mr. Tyrone's snores.
01:19:40 I haven't touched the piano in so many years. I couldn't play now with such crippled fingers even if I wanted to.
01:27:15 Papa, shut up.
01:33:32 finnally a long while ago... I wonder where I hid it?
01:40:14 ...lost?
01:47:37 - How would I know? - I thought you went back uptown to meet him.
01:54:02 Well it finished him quick. That and the consumption.
01:59:42 Both doctors promised me, if you obey orders, at this place you're going, you'll be cured in six months or a year at most.
02:07:40 I don't know.
02:14:38 To God, if you want to put it that way.
02:22:13 And love? Don't forget love.
02:28:48 I suppose I can't forgive her yet.
02:35:09 I love you more than I hate you. My telling what I'm telling you now proves it.
02:43:25 I'll practice everyday from now on.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,815
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:01:40
Final line02:43:25

Production Record

DirectorSidney Lumet
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
IMDb votes6,144