Red Ensign

1934 · 69 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 313 VOTES · DIR. Michael Powell

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Overview

David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,187 lines

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00:00:03 ♪ >L' Music I'
00:04:25 before the month's out.
00:07:00 There's a rumor that the yard's going to start work again.
00:09:44 I'll call a board meeting and we'll decide for you.
00:11:57 We'll build 20.
00:16:24 - 0h, but we trade in its present condition. - Exactly.
00:18:36 And put them in a foreign register?
00:20:50 Then when everybody will be scrambling to buy modern ships
00:23:12 So what are you doing?
00:25:39 No, I haven't got time.
00:28:03 Now that's where you wrong.
00:30:28 The good God cares maybe, but I don't.
00:32:52 Of course not.
00:35:23 If you had a glimmer of sense -
00:37:50 Mm-hmm.
00:40:27 What's the alternative?
00:43:43 No.
00:48:18 That was Hannay the phone.
00:50:32 Miss MacKinnon has suggested that we should raise the money on her trust fund.
00:52:49 Miss MacKinnon's, you know.
00:55:31 I remember once telling you, Barr
00:57:56 Mr. Barr saved you the trouble.
01:00:30 That's why it's so urgent.
01:03:07 The police are after him for manslaughter.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,187
Dialogue density17.2 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line01:03:07

Production Record

DirectorMichael Powell
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes313