The List of Adrian Messenger
1963 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 5,902 VOTES · DIR. John Huston
Overview
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,070 lines
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00:04:40 Get along, Miss Sixpence.
00:07:19 My dear fellow, you know how devoted the family is to you.
00:10:00 Average it out. We're traveling together.
00:14:50 We didn't think there would be.
00:17:31 Who are the three not heard from yet?
00:20:23 Thank you.
00:23:10 Emma's.
00:26:30 That's it. Completely.
00:29:37 -Thanks again. -Not at all.
00:33:12 That's not all.
00:36:56 That sofa has a wild spring. l wish you'd see it's attended to.
00:40:41 That will be difficult. Six foot under, he is. Ain't he, Ma?
00:44:15 l see. Ajax is a bachelor.
00:49:33 You telephoned, didn't you?
00:52:11 A great friend of the Bruttenholm's.
00:54:46 -Millions or a Dukedom? -Or both, Sir Wilfred.
00:58:04 Now, remember this. Jatogree means go.
01:01:20 Well, yes...
01:07:47 -Where do you stay? -At the Lion, very comfortable.
01:10:56 Any member of the family dies, they foregather on the lawn out there...
01:13:30 That's the excuse they usually give for evil.
01:18:35 -Why? -l can't see myself going police...
01:22:23 Read what Oscar Wilde says, ''The unspeakable after the uneatable.''
60:00:00 a three day poker session...
Cast & Characters
Kirk Douglas
George Brougham
Kirk Douglas
Vicar Atlee
Kirk Douglas
Mr. Pythian
Robert Mitchum
Slattery
George C. Scott
Anthony Gethryn
Dana Wynter
Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm
Clive Brook
Marquis of Gleneyre
Jacques Roux
Raoul Le Borg
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Karoudjian
Herbert Marshall
Sir Wilfrid Lucas
John Merivale
Adrian Messenger
Marcel Dalio
Max Karoudjian
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,070
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:04:40
Final line60:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,902