The Hand

1981 · 104 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 6,933 VOTES · DIR. Oliver Stone

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Overview

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Dialogue Timeline — 981 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:59 - Is that the new Mandros? Yes, darling.
00:06:18 It moves quick when I put the stick near it.
00:08:46 or anything permanent, or anything like that.
00:12:24 Sophie said, on TV, there was this hand
00:20:06 Somebody else could do the finished artwork.
00:22:54 You know, you could have been a little nicer to Bill.
00:27:22 - It'll smart. - It does.
00:30:26 I have lived with him for 10 years. He is mine! I created him!
00:33:48 You think I should just sit here and take my piece of the action.
00:37:43 - Did you hear Mommy and me talking? - Yes.
00:40:34 You've got to get 15 kids to put their names down.
00:44:51 But that's two months away.
00:50:40 I suppose that's why I picked this place, you know.
00:54:54 No, I could never do work like that with my left hand.
00:59:03 Do you have friends there?
01:03:11 who needs her chains pulled, it's her.
01:11:24 You've torn open my mail and read this letter?
01:13:26 Children don't at that age. They don't...
01:17:12 Good.
01:20:40 You were fucking her.
01:26:13 Mommy!
01:33:54 Oh?
01:36:46 ...brought you to consciousness.
10:00:00 he'll probably tell me I'm sane again.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed981
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:02:59
Final line10:00:00

Production Record

DirectorOliver Stone
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$566,736
IMDb votes6,933