Smoke Over London
1966 · 125 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 353 VOTES · DIR. Alberto Sordi
Overview
Dante Fontana is an antique dealer from Perugia infatuated with the culture of the British upper classes. His wife and relatives mock him and snub him, seeing him as a silly daydreamer doing no serious work. Unfussed, Dante plans a vacation to London to learn more about the culture he so admires. However, once in London, he struggles to fit in, is awkward, often makes mistakes betraying his Italian origins, attracting the scorn of the British upper classes he would like to impress.
Dialogue Timeline — 628 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:13 Can you see daddy? -No, I can't see anything.
00:02:03 Our Dante will set foot on our dear old England.
00:08:17 'Dante Fontana - Antiques'
00:17:00 Otherwise they won't believe we're in London.
00:25:30 I'm so sorry.
00:28:22 To show you that experts like you and your father can be wrong.
00:34:01 Your father's calling you. -That's my wife.
00:40:14 I'm terribly sorry. -It doesn't matter.
00:46:00 No, sir, only the dogs can find them.
00:50:38 Poor little thing. Who is that little girl?
00:52:22 Marquis. -Yes, your grace?
00:54:21 All Italians beat their wives. -No, not all of them.
00:59:36 Couldn't you tell? -I saw it from a distance.
01:06:03 But who is it?
01:08:15 Beautiful ladies, sleep well?
01:12:20 And what does a ministry ask? Have you ever been in love?
01:14:03 I'm much older.
01:16:36 So I decided to delay my departure...
01:22:33 "Come my dear, come and play a little with me."
01:26:49 You're right. -They're so alive! -Alive.
01:29:11 What? -The wig, naturally...
01:31:13 We're like nature, we're like the trees...
01:34:58 Come on. Come on, everybody.
01:41:47 I find the police intervention most deplorable...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed628
Dialogue density5.0 lines / min
First line00:00:13
Final line01:41:47
Production Record
DirectorAlberto Sordi
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes353