The Big Combo

1955 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 9,265 VOTES · DIR. Joseph H. Lewis

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Overview

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,200 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:35 - Please let me go. - We can't do that, Miss Lowell.
00:06:28 First degree murder because a certain Mr. Brown picked up a phone.
00:09:42 Of course! Of course!
00:13:29 Where is she?
00:16:42 Everyone's kind.
00:19:47 When they picked us up I mentioned your name.
00:22:13 - Sure. - Who is she?
00:25:50 The joke stinks!
00:29:11 - He was very insistent. - What was the name again?
00:32:52 For Mr. Brown I'd snatch a judge from the Superior Court, for a chocolate soda.
00:38:10 Well, that's a start.
00:41:22 I can't even help myself, how could I help you?
00:44:08 Go away! Leave me alone!
00:47:35 My name is Nils Dreyer, I live at 821 Mason Avenue. That is all I have to tell you.
00:51:45 Maybe you're just getting too old, Joe.
00:55:07 Hang up, Sam.
00:59:42 Who'd you see at the concert?
01:03:13 Leonard?
01:06:28 This was made with an ordinary, wide-angle lens.
01:09:07 Can you?
01:12:22 We're early.
01:15:36 I'm not proud of it.
01:19:08 They don't have to prove a thing.
01:23:00 Mr. Brown.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,200
Dialogue density13.6 lines / min
First line00:02:35
Final line01:23:00

Production Record

DirectorJoseph H. Lewis
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,265