The Browning Version
1951 · 90 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 5,637 VOTES · DIR. Anthony Asquith
Overview
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,337 lines
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00:01:51 And here, sir, is Bishop Walter's gatehouse...
00:05:39 Well, I'll think about it. Go on. Get along.
00:08:48 - No, sir. Lower fifth. - Then what on earth are you doing here?
00:12:08 - Wilson. - Sir?
00:16:05 Shut up. You'll get me sacked.
00:20:28 You'll never hit it if you break the wrists.
00:23:31 Well, why don't you run away and come back later? I'll take the blame.
00:26:36 Millie has no head for this sort of work.
00:29:50 - "Canst." - "Canst boastfully speak—"
00:33:11 I'm afraid not. I'm lunching down the cricket field.
00:36:06 - Frank, just tell me one thing. - What?
00:40:18 - You are very kind. - Hard to remember, I mean...
00:43:20 Indeed. Perhaps you would care to glance at these few notes.
00:46:13 - We are causing attention. - I don't care. Let everyone know.
00:50:36 But a single success can atone and more than atone...
00:55:01 Our marriage?
00:59:18 The truth is that I have been going through rather a strain lately.
01:02:39 Why artful, Millie?
01:05:46 It'll be all right at Bradford. You'll see.
01:09:00 that she succeeded in her purpose long ago.
01:12:29 Whatever you choose to do, I've already decided never to set eyes on her again.
01:16:12 Your faith would be touching, if I were capable of being touched by it.
01:21:25 - Headmaster. - Hmm?
01:26:29 When I came here, I —
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,337
Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:01:51
Final line01:26:29
Production Record
DirectorAnthony Asquith
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,637