The Elusive Corporal
1962 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,083 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir
Overview
The story serves as a companion piece to Renoir's 1937 film, Grand Illusion, once more bringing together men from across the broad social spectrum of French society to depict one man's Sisyphean efforts to escape captivity in a German POW camp.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,016 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:50 THE ELUSIVE CORPORAL
00:05:55 What's he doing here?
00:08:15 - Like during the Free Corps patrols. - Indeed!
00:13:20 # Hi-di, Hi-do, Hi-da... #
00:16:49 "Lefty"?
00:21:34 Line up!
00:27:04 Open the door!
00:30:54 we must send this man to a dentist in town.
00:34:02 You forgot to say what?
00:37:15 Lunch!
00:40:25 Go back to your cows!
00:44:37 I.D., let's go.
00:50:26 Now, the duck walk!
00:54:31 What are you cooking in there?
00:57:51 - Please come in. - I'm going first!
01:04:25 "See, Mignonne, hath not the Rose
01:08:29 Paris.
01:15:03 Ballochet?
01:17:47 I'm brave only when it comes to reading meters.
01:21:18 Ballochet!
01:26:34 but keep our hats
01:36:20 Never mind. I understand.
01:38:48 Let me see your I.D.
01:43:54 It's time to say goodbye.
Cast & Characters
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Le caporal
Jean-Pierre Cassel
The Corporal
Claude Brasseur
'Papa'
Claude Brasseur
'Pop'
O.E. Hasse
Le voyageur ivre dans le train
Claude Rich
Ballochet
Jacques Jouanneau
Penche-à-gauche
Sacha Briquet
L'évadé grimé en vielle femme
Raymond Jourdan
Hippolyte Dupieu
Guy Bedos
Le prisonnier qui bégaye
Philippe Castelli
Le prisonnier électricien
Gérard Darrieu
L'homme qui louche
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,016
Dialogue density9.7 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:43:54
Production Record
DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,083