The Captive City
1952 · 91 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,318 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise
Overview
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,322 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:41 My name is Austin, James D Austin of the Kennington journal.
00:05:45 It is wonderful and you're wonderful.
00:08:33 Glenda, you're absolutely right!
00:11:29 From the first day I started work I began getting these tags.
00:14:26 A man who's been hot-headed enough to pull a trigger once...
00:19:05 Oh, no.
00:23:05 And they didn't do anything, they were just sitting there.
00:27:25 Nothing happened so I started running a little daily feature on page 1.
00:30:24 I lived with Murray Sirak for 26 years...
00:34:27 Labratory of some kind, defence work I think.
00:38:42 Well I thought this was becoming a rather one sided conversation.
00:42:01 Jim.
00:45:00 Do me one favour...
00:49:24 I should think so!
00:52:57 What are you people trying to do, tap our phone?
00:56:21 - The car. - Oh, you saw it too huh?
01:01:02 Two strange men came out the house one night...
01:05:30 I wish I were but i'm not.
01:08:58 - No. - No and yet you want to print...
01:11:54 making a charge of murder is one thing and making it stick is another.
01:15:14 Some things yeah. I'll be seeing you.
01:18:53 but when your legs have been cut off at the knees believe me, it helps.
01:24:52 - Get any sleep? - A little.
04:04:00 worry about it, I don't.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,322
Dialogue density14.5 lines / min
First line00:02:41
Final line04:04:00
Production Record
DirectorRobert Wise
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,318