One Way Pendulum

1965 · 85 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 322 VOTES · DIR. Peter Yates

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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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed926
Dialogue density10.9 lines / min
First line00:00:27
Final line01:18:50

Production Record

DirectorPeter Yates
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes322