Slap the Monster on Page One

Name: Slap the Monster on Page One
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Released: 1972
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Gian Maria Volontè, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Jacques Herlin, John Steiner

1972 · 82 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,769 VOTES · DIR. Marco Bellocchio

Overview

Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his bosses.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,012 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 "You Italians, who haven't given up to be called MEN,..."

00:06:16 ...also when you didn't deserve.

00:09:26 Red guerrilla at election's eve DRAMATIC CLASHES YESTERDAY IN MILAN BETWEEN GROUPS OF TROUBLEMAKERS AND THE POLICE

00:13:41 And this voice, Mr. Roveda, must be always the same.

00:16:30 Now you copy and bring it directly to typesetting. Go!

00:20:25 "I'm a 8 years old girl..."

00:23:06 Anyway, we have to pay attention, because we risk a flop.

00:26:40 Election are close, really close.

00:30:02 Let me in for a while.

00:33:08 - They'll come after you forever. - What can you do with only 100 lire?

00:36:27 The day of the homicide, they spent it together.

00:42:09 And we know you and your friends had got a yellow 500.

00:44:13 Call him! Call Mr. Bizanti!

00:47:30 ""Il Giornale", media of the extreme right wing, is the main responsible for the arrest of Mario Boni.

00:50:24 - Bye! - Bye, comrades!

00:54:49 The same evening of the crime.

00:57:35 ...after he touched her pubes.

01:00:10 You have entrusted me a case...

01:02:27 ...a majority of citizens, who respect society rules...

01:05:02 You are a stupid, a stupid, a stupid!

01:08:46 Your paper has told a lot of lies.

01:11:33 Just because they are spolit brats with nothing to lose.

01:15:16 - You swine! Fuckin' swine! - I don't know a thing!

01:19:26 The press to convince people to think the way we want.

Cast & Characters

Gian Maria Volontè Giancarlo Bizanti Fabio Garriba Roveda Carla Tatò Bizanti's Wife Jacques Herlin Lauri John Steiner Montelli Michel Bardinet 'Il Giornale' Journalist Jean Rougeul 'Il Giornale' Director Corrado Solari Mario Boni Laura Betti Rita Zigai Enrico DiMarco Commissioner

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,012

Dialogue density12.3 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:19:26

Production Record

DirectorMarco Bellocchio

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes1,769