Seven Days Leave
1930 · 80 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 161 VOTES · DIR. Richard Wallace
Overview
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is shocked when he shows up on her doorstep, and they make an agreement that he will pretend to be her son. "Seven Days Leave" is a screen adaption of James M. Barrie's play, "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals."
Dialogue Timeline — 830 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:27 Buy an extra paper! Buy a paper! Big advance...
00:05:29 The Belgian is 'Wypers'! But we won't argue!
00:08:23 It says I'm going on a long, long, journey, it says.
00:11:14 And I speak as one who has War Savings Certificates.
00:14:08 Do your letters begin, "Dear Mother"?
00:16:52 some reason to believe your wound was self-inflicted!
00:19:43 but suddenly, my eyes alighted upon... a Highlander!
00:22:52 You're past my seeing-through!
00:25:52 I like the Scotch voice on you, woman!
00:28:57 Are you angry?
00:31:55 Mrs Gill is very ill and nothing can improve her
00:34:56 How can you say that, and you with a wound, child?
00:37:35 think about!
00:41:58 Alright! The 'eats' have it!
00:44:55 Huh? Not on your life? We're going to the skating rink!
00:49:16 Hello Ladies! -Hello!
00:52:08 when I saw him in a shop looking at civilian clothes!
00:55:39 Kenneth! You're not...
00:58:17 Just when we're going out to the Imperial, too!
01:00:56 Talk like that? -All of it! All of it!
01:06:41 I don't think that's for us!
01:09:09 For a long time Mrs Dowey, you cannot have been unaware
01:12:22 Old lady.
01:20:38 Oh, so long -So long!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed830
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:01:27
Final line01:20:38
Production Record
DirectorRichard Wallace
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes161