The Great Rupert

Name: The Great Rupert
Director: Irving Pichel
Released: 1950
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth, Sara Haden

1950 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,705 VOTES · DIR. Irving Pichel

Overview

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,631 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:33 This is it, Rupert. Our big Chance.

00:04:49 I'd love to give you a break.

00:08:45 [laughing]

00:12:43 And, uh

00:15:29 Ok, give me the $32.

00:18:12 Stay right where you are.

00:20:39 40 cents.

00:24:30 %% on a cold winter's night %%

00:29:25 Oh, merry Christmas, papa.

00:32:19 My father's foot!

00:36:04 A seesaw?

00:39:43 I can juggle 25 plates with one hand.

00:43:09 This is a strange house.

00:47:32 Hi.

00:50:36 But papa just told us he helped somebody with it.

00:55:43 Read all about it!

00:58:46 He's very happy if he can make ends meet.

01:01:30 When all you have to say is...

01:05:52 [laughs] of course it was, papa.

01:09:55 Pirates' treasure, eh?

01:13:18 Oh, he didn't mean that, Mr. Dingle. Did you, papa?

01:17:20 You can question him at the stationhouse.

01:20:45 Heck, no. Those chiselers don't get any of my money, no sir.

01:25:13 Go ahead, papa.

Cast & Characters

Jimmy Durante Mr. Louie Amendola Terry Moore Rosalinda Amendola Tom Drake Peter 'Pete' Dingle Frank Orth Mr. Frank Dingle Sara Haden Mrs. Katie Dingle Queenie Smith Mrs. Amendola Chick Chandler Phil Davis Jimmy Conlin Joe Mahoney Rupert Rupert the Squirrel Hugh Sanders Mulligan

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,631

Dialogue density18.5 lines / min

First line00:01:33

Final line01:25:13

Production Record

DirectorIrving Pichel

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,705