The Great Waldo Pepper

1975 · 108 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 6,850 VOTES · DIR. George Roy Hill

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Overview

A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.

Dialogue Timeline — 942 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:35 Come on, Mike!
00:08:03 Sorry to disappoint you, Scooter, but I'm gonna be honest with you.
00:10:31 and he pulls up alongside of me just as close as you are to me.
00:14:07 Then again, you've probably had lots of practice.
00:19:34 Tell him about you fighting the black and yellow German!
00:22:43 He's about to perform a spectacular victory roll!
00:25:37 Here, I got lucky last week. - That'll do for a down payment.
00:28:31 what would we do? You're half crippled. My engine's givin' me fits.
00:32:01 Guess who's home.
00:35:47 that you might not think it's perfect; it is perfect.
00:41:14 The unbeaten, untied, unethical wing-walking wonders of the world
00:44:10 I want to be the "It" girl of the skies!
00:51:41 Take my hand! Mary Beth!
00:54:39 well, I'm no chauffeur, and I'm no mailman.
00:57:51 Somebody's gonna do the outside loop any day now.
01:02:56 Can you move your legs? Can you move your legs?
01:07:54 Yeah, I suppose so.
01:11:22 Right here, gentlemen. All right. Stand by, everybody!
01:14:15 we can use the same one for both Curtin's and Landis' crash.
01:17:39 Let's forget the "Brown" stuff. My name is Waldo Pepper.
01:20:57 In the sky I found, even in my enemies
01:24:22 I don't blame him for jumping. I'd have done the same.
01:26:41 Make sure the plane's really on fire before you get out.
01:31:37 well, what...what do you think?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed942
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:01:35
Final line01:31:37

Production Record

DirectorGeorge Roy Hill
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$20,642,922
IMDb votes6,850