The Macomber Affair

Name: The Macomber Affair
Director: Zoltan Korda
Released: 1947
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston, Reginald Denny, Jean Gillie

1947 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 947 VOTES · DIR. Zoltan Korda

Overview

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Dialogue Timeline — 1,439 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:50 YOU'LL BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

00:05:12 WHEN DID YOU GET IN?

00:08:06 HE WAS VERY RICH.

00:12:42 I'M A BIT LATE.

00:15:04 EVER SINCE FRANCIS MET YOU, I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT

00:17:17 FAIR PLAY, SPORTSMANSHIP --

00:20:07 WHO KNOWS?

00:25:28 YOU KNOW, WILSON WAS RIGHT TODAY.

00:29:43 UM, CAN'T TELL --

00:33:23 THERE HE IS.

00:37:40 THEY DON'T LOOK TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT, THOUGH, DO THEY?

00:41:13 [ SPEAKS SWAHILI ]

00:48:39 NOTHING TO IT, ANYWAY.

00:52:25 I WOULDN'T MISS SOMETHING LIKE TODAY FOR ANYTHING.

00:55:22 YES, WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN, BUT OUT HERE?

01:01:11 WHERE IS THE SPRINGFIELD?

01:05:07 NO.

01:09:36 YOU HAVE SUCH A PRETTY WAY OF PUTTING THINGS, FRANCIS.

01:12:38 SOMETHING I USED TO QUOTE TO MYSELF AT ONE TIME...

01:15:04 HERE WE GO.

01:19:40 [ Sobbing ] NO!

01:22:51 THEY KNEW EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING?

01:25:24 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT IN MY REPORT.

01:28:00 THANKS, WILSON.

Cast & Characters

Gregory Peck Robert Wilson Joan Bennett Margaret 'Margo' Macomber Robert Preston Francis Macomber Reginald Denny Police Inspector Jean Gillie Aimee Carl Harbord Coroner Earl Smith Kongoni Frederick Worlock Clerk Vernon Downing Reporter Logan Darby Jones Masai Warrior

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,439

Dialogue density16.2 lines / min

First line00:01:50

Final line01:28:00

Production Record

DirectorZoltan Korda

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes947