Secret Ceremony

1968 · 109 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 2,772 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Losey

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Overview

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Dialogue Timeline — 816 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:40 Mummy.
00:08:48 You... you... Wait here.
00:19:11 After his scandalous behaviour in the kitchen?
00:22:53 What do you know about drowning?
00:26:34 Since you're so clever
00:29:26 Take your bloody hand off me!
00:33:30 It makes me fidgety.
00:37:44 This one, for instance, looks just right for me.
00:43:51 It's Tuesday. If you don't want me to go to the bank any more, just say so!
00:48:09 - Ha! We haven't got a telly! - Oh, you're impossible today!
00:50:49 Actually, we didn't get along either.
00:52:47 We were petrified.
00:54:44 You're all disgusting! Why didn't you stop it? Why didn't you do something?
00:58:19 I was usually pleased.
01:00:16 Ploughed into the groves of Academe.
01:02:20 the extraordinary purity of my longings?
01:11:01 - - - Never mind. I can afford it.
01:14:28 Yes.
01:19:59 Sorry to have kept you waiting.
01:23:19 I'll hit you with everything in the book.
01:25:10 She manipulated my toes so cleverly, my hair stood on end
01:28:52 Why is your pillow wet?
01:33:11 I cannot...
01:37:07 That was his name, Bernard.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed816
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:03:40
Final line01:37:07

Production Record

DirectorJoseph Losey
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,200,000
IMDb votes2,772