Middle of the Night
1959 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,698 VOTES · DIR. Delbert Mann
Overview
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,160 lines
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00:02:39 Lock-Lee.
00:06:18 To me, visiting your children every night is just as disgusting.
00:10:50 Yes. Will you please, darling?
00:14:30 I have to go argue with the union again today.
00:20:55 the three years I was married to him.
00:25:23 "The young men must fall all over themselves."
00:31:00 Sure.
00:34:52 Oh, she resents me a great deal.
00:39:31 And since you have no feeling for me, it could only add up to grief.
00:45:16 But he buys for 29 stores in the Midwest.
00:50:13 I can't walk.
00:56:30 I'd do anything in the world to make you happy.
01:00:26 Well, come in the house, for heaven sakes.
01:04:36 you can afford to throw away even a couple of good ones?
01:09:04 Don't take out your neurotic anxieties on him.
01:12:13 Oh, for heaven's sakes, what's the matter with you?
01:15:42 My kids are all grown up, with children of their own.
01:20:09 You need your father, that's what.
01:25:25 I will indeed.
01:29:41 Oh, you think life is a lot of fun?
01:34:25 Why are you so frightened of him?
01:39:44 That's out in New Jersey.
01:43:52 George, will you leave me alone?
01:50:01 What happened?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,160
Dialogue density18.3 lines / min
First line00:02:39
Final line01:50:01
Production Record
DirectorDelbert Mann
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,698