The Black Scorpion

1957 · 88 MIN · IMDB 5.4 · 3,564 VOTES · DIR. Edward Ludwig

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Overview

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

Dialogue Timeline — 834 lines

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00:00:29 For centuries the prayers of Mexico's peasants...
00:04:05 I didn't use Spanish with her. That was sign language.
00:07:14 What could do this to a car out here?
00:10:42 Look at that kid. Not a peep out of him.
00:14:10 Then the Tiburcio family simply vanished.
00:16:27 We could be in another world.
00:19:20 Except I could have been more graceful if I'd known spectators were around.
00:21:56 I don't know what's gotten into my vaqueros at Miraflores.
00:24:57 In this, distilled water.
00:27:52 Oh, Pio, I'd already been found by someone else.
00:30:12 Hank, those volcanoes have been there for hundreds of years.
00:33:29 Run, Gaetano. Get to the truck.
00:39:47 As soon as I received the samples, I identified the poison...
00:42:01 See if you can find my boots for me, will you?
00:45:31 How deep do you say it is?
00:49:08 Hank, are you all right?
00:57:12 Mr. Hank!
01:02:38 This is the only place they have appeared.
01:05:12 There's no cause for alarm, not at all.
01:07:39 - You better fill us in from the beginning. - Yes, of course.
01:09:46 ...many of which have been mapped in the region around Mexico City.
01:12:00 Nice dress, nice girl.
01:16:58 ...indicate many of the victims are so badly injured there is little hope of their survival.
01:19:04 I hope it is a weapon. Just now it is only a prayer.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed834
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:19:04

Production Record

DirectorEdward Ludwig
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,564