Murder by the Book

1987 · 100 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 227 VOTES · DIR. Mel Damski

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Overview

Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,063 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 [Typewriter Clacking]
00:04:32 What? The aforementioned cabin...
00:08:44 byJames Ferris and Ken Franklin."
00:12:09 'No wonder" what?
00:15:32 And don't worry.
00:18:20 Oh, I don't think they'll mind. I think you've answered enough questions
00:20:57 What I mean is, uh, him doing all the work.
00:23:29 Why? Did somebody tell you he was gone?
00:25:58 Probing. Compiling dossiers.
00:28:16 you jumped in a car and drove right back to L.A.
00:32:02 Boy, this is quite a place.
00:34:16 It's not gonna be easy.
00:37:03 Ken Franklin and James Ferris.
00:39:45 Oh, wow!
00:42:19 Why didn't you go to the police? Oh, Ken.
00:45:20 But everyone will miss her so. Can't you write another one?
00:48:14 Oh, well, I have to do that. You know, that's part of my job. I got to tie up all those loose ends.
00:51:31 Oh! Mmm!
00:55:50 Who did you say it is? One of the cops said it was a local woman.
00:58:54 even the cop on the beat.
01:01:45 [Reporter #3] Any living relatives? I don't think so. Somebody said she was a widow.
01:05:25 Maybe she saw them together, and she tried to blackmail him.
01:08:43 I've written that stuff so many times, I know it by heart.
01:11:10 The first one... the clever one... that wasrt yours.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,063
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:11:10

Production Record

DirectorMel Damski
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes227