Major Barbara

1941 · 121 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,584 VOTES · DIR. Gabriel Pascal

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Overview

Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,930 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:24 The ancient Greeks considered it unseemly...
00:07:20 "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds."
00:12:53 Good evening, Morrison. I suppose we're too late for dinner.
00:17:22 That's my own boy.
00:22:15 Mr. Cusins, I'm much indebted to you for explaining so precisely.
00:26:42 that I couldn't bear to hear you say.
00:31:50 and drag her out of bed by her snow-white hair and lay into her with a poker.
00:36:36 Come in shoving and bullying your way in here...
00:41:09 I came to take her out of this and to break her jaw for her.
00:45:42 What kept us poor? Keeping you rich!
00:50:31 - Well. - Oh, Papa! We've not forgotten you.
00:54:54 But how are we to feed them?
01:00:19 Major!
01:04:55 Go, my friend. Go to your mother and pray for her.
01:11:04 Bless the general!
01:15:56 You can't get round me now. I don't believe in it.
01:23:02 Come and have supper with me at my flat. I've got something to say to you.
01:28:46 but I feel that I, and nobody else, must marry her.
01:33:38 - Good morning, Charley. - Good morning.
01:38:06 Mother, there must be an end of treating me as a child, if you please.
01:42:49 He gave up his hard-earned pound to save his soul.
01:50:50 He's inherited far too much of your perversity to be fit for it.
01:55:33 How you can succeed in business...
50:00:00 is to save his soul.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,930
Dialogue density16.0 lines / min
First line00:02:24
Final line50:00:00

Production Record

DirectorGabriel Pascal
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,584