One Way Pendulum
1965 · 85 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 322 VOTES · DIR. Peter Yates
Overview
A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.
Dialogue Timeline — 926 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:27 Marvelous.
00:07:54 And this is the wig.
00:12:11 "Complete Cabinet-maker and Joiner"
00:15:29 Fifteen stone, ten pounds.
00:19:27 And here I am still sitting here.
00:22:39 Got some nice voices up there.
00:25:40 Now watch that end when it touches the ground, will you Stan?
00:29:08 They've put me where I can see through the window!
00:32:48 At least apes can reach their knees without bending.
00:36:12 What did you say? "Let in for it?"
00:39:05 Showing off, I suppose.
00:42:17 What I'm dreading is the day he brings the Old Bailey home for us all to fall over.
00:45:11 Yes?
00:47:58 I thought it was only at mealtimes.
00:50:41 Yes, sir.
00:53:56 I thought the issue of slavery on the American plantations had been settled by Abraham Lincoln.
00:56:58 Yes sir, I was in, um, Chester-le-Street.
01:00:23 Or Rome? —No, sir, I wasn't there, sir.
01:02:41 You were at a loose end?
01:05:15 Goodbye, Myra. See you again on Tuesday.
01:07:50 Would you tell his lordship, in your own words, about this attachment to black clothes?
01:11:07 this very complex personality we are dealing with
01:13:52 whose advice and assistance could have been had for the asking.
01:18:50 ♫ [reprise] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!
Cast & Characters
Eric Sykes
Mr. Groomkirby
George Cole
Defense Counsel
George Cole
Fred
Julia Foster
Sylvia
Jonathan Miller
Kirby
Peggy Mount
Mrs. Gantry
Alison Leggatt
Mrs. Groomkirby
Mona Washbourne
Aunt Mildred
Douglas Wilmer
Judge
Douglas Wilmer
Maintenance Man
Glyn Houston
Detective Inspector Barnes
Graham Crowden
Prosecuting Counsel
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed926
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:18:50
Production Record
DirectorPeter Yates
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes322