The Big Night

Name: The Big Night
Director: Joseph Losey
Released: 1951
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Howard St. John, Dorothy Comingore

1951 · 75 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 1,129 VOTES · DIR. Joseph Losey

Overview

A young man zigzags through the sordid vortex of downtown Los Angeles while seeking vengeance on the man that beat his father.

Dialogue Timeline — 787 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:39 Sweet 17...and never been kissed!

00:03:35 Think of them like medicine!

00:07:28 Let's get this over with.

00:15:05 Yeah, he's an expert at laying down, ain't he?

00:17:30 Very smart...very smart.

00:19:40 don't think about it so long before you decide to give it back!

00:22:40 45 seconds.

00:26:34 It stunk!

00:28:17 You're newspapermen...OK...

00:31:31 Hello, sports department please.

00:33:28 Well, we're dragging poor George right into the middle of a family quarrel.

00:42:31 Not yet.

00:44:35 How come if Dr Cooper is like you think he is...

00:46:18 What would you do then?

00:48:28 "Sweetest"!

00:53:23 They'll send you up for a nice long stretch...

00:55:01 I'm just going through her stuff.

00:56:28 She killed herself...here!

01:00:22 Judge said he had a right to do what he did to my father.

01:02:28 Right then I wanted to say

01:04:34 What's going on here?

01:05:57 You gotta let me stay!

01:11:05 He's alive?!

01:12:29 You liked her alright, didn't you?

Cast & Characters

John Drew Barrymore George La Main Preston Foster Andy La Main Joan Lorring Marion Rostina Howard St. John Al Judge Dorothy Comingore Julie Rostina Philip Bourneuf Dr. Lloyd Cooper Howland Chamberlain Flanagan Myron Healey Kennealy Emile Meyer Peckinpaugh Mauri Leighton Terry Angelus

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed787

Dialogue density10.5 lines / min

First line00:01:39

Final line01:12:29

Production Record

DirectorJoseph Losey

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,129