Smoke Screen

2010 · 87 MIN · IMDB 5.1 · 645 VOTES · DIR. Gary Yates

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Overview

Newswoman Britt Shelley shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon also woke up next to a dead body. After learning of Britt’s scandal and the similarities between their two cases, he realizes she might be his only chance for vindication. As the two unravel their mysterious cases together, they find themselves caught in a dangerous political cover-up involving arson and murder.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,123 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:25 Jay?
00:05:48 -Were you intimate? -You don't have to answer that.
00:08:30 -Getting into his bed? -No.
00:11:10 Poor Jay.
00:14:39 The phantom stalker.
00:18:09 ...he whispers all the right things in her ear and she falls for it.
00:20:58 He was actually really upset.
00:25:03 -Ground floor's clear. -The basement?
00:27:29 ...I will find the file, I will bring it to the fire house...
00:30:56 ...and she was dead.
00:33:22 Until ace reporter Britt Shelley...
00:36:00 For following the wrong story...
00:38:37 -So you think Jay paid him off? -Someone did.
00:40:57 -Just shut up. -No, you should've fought back.
00:50:09 He must have been close to somebody.
00:53:19 ...down in Hampton Parkway.
00:56:43 If you need anything.... I mean it, anything.
01:01:06 Some coincidence.
01:04:43 I was hoping not to get involved in this, but circumstances are such that...
01:08:10 Why? Raley knows I got into a fight.
01:12:20 ...was based on a lie.
01:16:17 Anything that happened that night no one ever talked to me about it.
01:20:02 Blaming Cleveland for it.
01:23:23 ...and watched Jay, George and Pat pummel him to death.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,123
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:02:25
Final line01:23:23

Production Record

DirectorGary Yates
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
IMDb votes645