Roxie Hart

1942 · 72 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,011 VOTES · DIR. William A. Wellman

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Overview

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,144 lines

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00:01:44 All right, break it up. Get back. Get moving.
00:04:59 Okay, partner. To Roxie Hart.
00:07:49 I believe that if everybody would love everybody else...
00:10:47 You positively identify this man?
00:13:24 - Double-crossing me... - Here's your lead. Roxie Hart...
00:15:45 that Billy has saved from their just desserts.
00:18:08 Try and unloosen. That's fine.
00:21:23 Now just a minute, Hart. When you came to me...
00:23:52 Now, what we gotta do first is to go after sympathy through the newspapers.
00:26:22 Are you cr... Are you nuts?
00:29:32 I say, light purple like lavender...
00:34:08 If I find you biting anyone else around here...
00:38:18 J. Edgar Hoover couldn't have found Roxie's name in the papers.
00:41:23 - Jake, I think Miss Baxter wishes to speak with you. - Yeah.
00:43:43 I've seen such situations arise before...
00:46:18 but he is still the father of my child.
00:49:21 Amos Hart, take the stand.
00:52:21 - If the witness needs more rehearsal... - Take that back!
00:55:40 - Finnegan? Finnegan? - Finnegan thejanitor.
00:58:14 - Who? - Ziegfeld...
01:01:27 It seemed like I couldn't stop pesterin' him.
01:04:18 Now, now, now, now, be strong, my dear. Bear up.
01:07:00 Well, weep you fool!
01:11:22 Then have no fear. Justice will prevail if we have to take your case...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,144
Dialogue density15.9 lines / min
First line00:01:44
Final line01:11:22

Production Record

DirectorWilliam A. Wellman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,011