The Lady Is Willing
1942 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 831 VOTES · DIR. Mitchell Leisen
Overview
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,268 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 WOMAN 1 : Have your autograph, Miss Madden?
00:03:48 Obstetrician. A baby doctor.
00:06:51 Ken, I´ve asked you not to use that awfuI word.
00:09:55 Where is it now? Here.
00:13:07 What is that roII caII you´re reading, anyway? A Iist of your favourite taxi drivers?
00:16:04 Corey? WeII, isn´t there somebody in the buiIding by that name?
00:19:00 ? Them gates is Iocked And cIosed up good and tight ?
00:22:18 I don´t care how painfuI it makes it.
00:25:30 Why not? You´re handy and I can manage you.
00:28:18 Miss Madden, you can´t imagine how hard it is to get a good job with a responsibIe party
00:31:04 You think I´m crazy, huh? No, not now.
00:33:59 Yes, but--
00:37:03 If he ever starts taIking about rabbits, you run Iike mad!
00:41:55 Oh, I´m sorry. I didn´t know you were home yet.
00:46:08 Hiya.
00:49:24 Uh, er, sort of...
00:52:12 It´s aII right, MyrtIe.
00:56:43 What vintage, sir? Oh, uh...
00:59:50 ? Stars above ?
01:04:32 You couId´ve dressed for it.
01:08:16 [KNOCKING]
01:13:00 Liza!
01:17:25 [ENGINES ROAR]
01:21:57 No change yet.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,268
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line01:21:57
Production Record
DirectorMitchell Leisen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes831