The Beachcomber
1954 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 378 VOTES · DIR. Muriel Box
Overview
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,069 lines
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00:01:39 I WAS STILL THREE WEEKS SHORT
00:05:08 YES?
00:07:28 UNTIL THE RESIDENCY IS READY.
00:10:07 "THAT BRINGETH FORTH HIS FRUIT IN HIS SEASON
00:12:37 YOU KNOW, IT IS CUSTOMARY
00:14:36 ANYTHING I CAN DO, ANY TIME, JUST CALL ON ME.
00:17:18 CAN'T YOU DEPORT HIM, MR. GRAY? IT'S THE ONLY WAY.
00:19:26 GOD WILL PUNISH YOU FOR YOUR BEHAVIOR.
00:23:42 AND THERE IS MORE. MUCH MORE.
00:26:28 YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW LANDING STAGE THERE.
00:31:24 FROM WHAT THE BOY SAYS, I THINK IT MUST BE APPENDICITIS.
00:37:45 ¶ CHRIST, THE ROYAL MASTER, LEADS AGAINST THE FOE ¶
00:41:52 I'LL SEE YOU'RE ALL PUT INTO PRISON.
00:46:59 I WAS JUST COMING TO WAKE YOU UP.
00:49:26 ALL RIGHT. I'LL COME OUT.
00:51:27 MY BROTHER IS ANXIOUS
00:53:55 "DEAR MR. WILSON, MY BROTHER AND I WOULD BE VERY GLAD
00:56:33 THAT IS IN FIVE DAYS' TIME.
01:00:34 ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THIS STARTING.
01:02:37 OH, NO.
01:04:54 PLEASE YOURSELF. IT'S NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH ME.
01:08:38 AND LEAVE THESE PEOPLE TO DIE? CERTAINLY NOT.
01:12:42 WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME BEFORE? WHERE IS SHE?
01:21:18 CONGRATULATE ME?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,069
Dialogue density13.0 lines / min
First line00:01:39
Final line01:21:18
Production Record
DirectorMuriel Box
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes378