The Devil's Playground
1976 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 1,364 VOTES · DIR. Fred Schepisi
Overview
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,100 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:23 Hello, Brother.
00:05:23 Come on!
00:11:38 bring down the 4...Let's try that.
00:15:50 But there's never been an Irish pope, has there, Father?
00:18:25 Huh?
00:22:34 ~ I've been accepted into Fidelity. ~ Have you!?
00:24:46 ~ You pigheaded idiot! ~ Back me up!
00:27:52 And another thing --- what if God isn't there? Heh?
00:31:22 Tell Him my doubts. Do you ever doubt, Fitz?
00:34:28 Normal humans again.
00:40:04 They killed them today. Really killed them.
00:43:39 Oh, yeah, you should see it.
00:46:36 Take after his father?
00:50:09 Welcome back!
00:52:36 ...six years ago. He runs a marvelous community.
00:55:59 We'll get saturated!
00:59:08 Take your time, it's only been half an hour.
01:05:40 Scared of you, Father.
01:11:25 No, you're hurting me.
01:14:23 My, my, my. There's a gloomy face...
01:17:50 Over here!
01:21:52 ¤ I'll take you home again, Kathleen...
01:26:27 Like you, he had sexual problems.
01:29:20 Where's the help?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,100
Dialogue density10.3 lines / min
First line00:02:23
Final line01:29:20
Production Record
DirectorFred Schepisi
LanguageEnglish
Budget$193,269
IMDb votes1,364