The Bespoke Overcoat

1955 · 37 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 528 VOTES · DIR. Jack Clayton

Overview

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.

Dialogue Timeline — 471 lines

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00:02:16 Fender... dead.
00:03:42 Heh-heh-heh.
00:05:05 You're a number one tailor.
00:06:12 It's not a pleasure for me to come back here.
00:07:16 So, Fender, you won't think I'm rude, if I ask you, what more do you want of my life?
00:08:23 Certainly I enjoy. I feel the cold, that's all.
00:09:37 What do you make? With all due respect, Fender, what do you make?
00:10:40 Charge? What does charge matter? I'm telling you, it can't be done.
00:11:43 Well, I could make you a good coat for...
00:12:46 - The grey is not nice for me. - No.
00:14:17 I don't think I got room for these bits, no.
00:15:34 Let it blow as much as it likes.
00:16:55 Go on.
00:17:57 30 shillings - and didn't throw it away on that rotten brandy - 35 shillings -
00:19:06 You've got something put by, eh?
00:20:33 You sit there a minute.
00:21:33 That Ranting, he give me the sack.
00:23:35 With a needle.
00:25:32 You got famlly, someone, somewhere.
00:27:31 - It's no good, Morry. - No?
00:29:37 And if you're not a ghost, at least it's a... a scientific experiment.
00:31:50 There you are. That's it.
00:33:09 Where else have I got to go?
00:35:29 aleynu ve'al kol yisroel ve'imru omeyn.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed471
Dialogue density12.7 lines / min
First line00:02:16
Final line00:35:29

Production Record

DirectorJack Clayton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes528