Nothing Sacred

1937 · 77 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 7,492 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman

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Overview

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

Dialogue Timeline — 928 lines

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00:04:17 Ladies and gentlemen!
00:08:29 or I'm walking out of this fish trap right here and now.
00:10:59 - You know this girl, Hazel Flagg? - Yep.
00:14:12 Would you tell him Mr. Cook would like to see him?
00:16:28 Give me her address, and I'll pore over these interesting documents all night.
00:19:16 And go to New York and blow it all in and die happy.
00:21:14 Even if I sound like a ghoul. You'll be a sensation.
00:23:41 - Mr. Cook? - Yeah. Oh, thank you.
00:28:55 I asked several people, but they didn't know.
00:33:13 That's the way those things go, folks.
00:38:05 - No! Are you sure? - Just as if nothing had happened.
00:40:29 They'll blame him. Everybody! They'll just burn down the newspaper.
00:42:53 I'm getting the governor to declare a public holiday for the, uh, occasion.
00:46:40 Huh?
00:49:54 - Wally! - Give me your hand!
00:52:39 - Oh. Oh, thank you. - You're welcome.
00:55:46 Of radium poising in this young woman, Mr. Stone.
00:58:44 You got some excuse for those words, Oliver. Let's have it. Quick.
01:00:56 Hello? Hello? Who? Moe? Moe who?
01:02:59 Pneumonia? It's the finger of God if it's true.
01:04:58 All right, shut up and listen to the greatest sucker in Christendom, and listen hard.
01:06:55 - Yeah, yeah. Let me hit you just once. - All right. Come on.
01:09:57 You can both talk all you want. I've made up my mind.
01:12:20 Go someplace by myself and... and die alone!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed928
Dialogue density12.1 lines / min
First line00:04:17
Final line01:12:20

Production Record

DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,492