Man of the West

1958 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 9,907 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Mann

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Overview

Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.

Dialogue Timeline — 757 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:16 - Can I help you, pardner? - If you please.
00:06:02 Where are you from?
00:09:56 One of my many hobbies
00:13:27 I don't mean to trouble you, Mr...
00:17:40 Hello? Hello?
00:20:04 My shoes?
00:25:08 Good or bad luck?
00:27:47 You held him, I took off the top of his head.
00:30:21 Show him what his family is like.
00:34:49 - That's why I came back. - Yeah.
00:38:09 He never says nothing.
00:40:59 You see this?
00:44:45 I'm still running the show, Link.
00:48:08 Hey, Link!
00:51:56 He taught me killing and stealing, and I didn't know any better.
00:54:19 You must have looked familiar
00:56:50 You and Link are taking us into Lassoo.
01:03:32 Isn't that what you said to her? Boots first.
01:07:18 What happened?
01:10:00 I've been looking off into the dark, and I saw the job happening.
01:11:56 Why you, Link?
01:15:20 kill him.
01:26:50 You got to come to me, Link!
01:32:20 All right, shoot me!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed757
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:02:16
Final line01:32:20

Production Record

DirectorAnthony Mann
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,907