The General
1998 · 124 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 9,455 VOTES · DIR. John Boorman
Overview
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,339 lines
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00:01:05 Martin!
00:06:16 It will be expensive, and you'II lose in the end.
00:10:23 Civil freakir servants. Garda freakir Sichona.
00:16:24 Yes, it is.
00:21:39 when he was brutally assaulted by Garda.
00:25:18 You're bad!
00:30:08 - Shea? - I take one in Terenure.
00:34:50 Me?
00:42:31 Want to get me arrested?
00:48:08 There. There he is. He's comir in.
00:52:47 I was playir snooker.
00:58:08 Get out, Curley, you bleedir drug pusher!
01:01:45 He has them x-rayed on the way out in case they swallow one.
01:08:12 What do you want this time, Cahill?
01:11:51 I didn't know Gary was in it.
01:17:00 There will be a new level of public cynicism...
01:20:55 Why don't we just take the 50 grand reward?
01:25:17 Yeah. You'll be all right.
01:30:21 That a paintir, Martin?
01:36:19 Let me be by myself in fhe evening breeze
01:40:24 You could get 10 years for that.
01:44:26 if it was my bullet?
01:50:00 They couldn't have.
50:00:00 - It's the best I can do.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,339
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:01:05
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJohn Boorman
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$1,214,198
IMDb votes9,455