The Big Flame
1969 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 80 VOTES · DIR. Ken Loach
Overview
After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,719 lines
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00:00:52 LOGAN: Here. Just through here.
00:04:02 then we may be forced to introduce some form of legislation
00:07:21 is not gonna be passed on to the men who work there
00:10:48 But to make sure that the employers have got it all sewn up
00:14:03 provisions for redeployment.
00:17:07 So I thought there's something wrong somewhere
00:20:18 You've got the television dons
00:23:37 JOEY: I know. I said... The union...
00:26:56 -What's the time, Steve? -2:30, now, Larry.
00:30:20 nine of hearts
00:33:30 sort of co-opted in
00:37:03 is how are we gonna win this strike?
00:40:04 -on the pierhead... -Mmm-hmm.
00:44:13 then there's provisions for you to make a complaint
00:48:24 put forward by the strike committee
00:52:20 -Sure there is, love. -I mean...
00:56:07 As we all know, that's a word which you can bend according to circumstances.
00:59:12 In that case, then I presume I can go and collect him.
01:02:45 (ALL CLAMOURING)
01:05:47 # "Goes on to organise"
01:09:20 -Come on! Come on out! -What's going on?
01:15:06 rather than the theoretical speculation, that we here are concerned with.
01:19:06 and skulking in boardrooms and sending out orders
10:00:00 dockers enters its second day.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,719
Dialogue density20.2 lines / min
First line00:00:52
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorKen Loach
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes80