The Man Between
1953 · 100 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 2,692 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed
Overview
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
Dialogue Timeline — 959 lines
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00:00:25 Thank you.
00:06:27 - The plane must have got in right on time. - Yes, it did!
00:09:35 Martin works so hard; he hardly ever has an evening off.
00:14:49 Tell me, if it's so easy for them to get across...
00:17:28 turn your back to the future and face the past with hope and confidence.
00:20:02 He may have to stay there tonight-- he said he'd phone you.
00:23:33 What did you do before the war?
00:27:04 - I do hate interfering. - I think it made me see things rather more clearly.
00:29:12 - Oh, Bettina, will you lend me your skates again? - Yes, of course.
00:32:37 Yes, so he did. Well, perhaps his luck will break.
00:35:06 - But this man is a great friend of Martin's. - Please!
00:37:32 Oh, l expect I'm to blame.
00:39:59 We are generally called in only when it is too late.
00:42:48 Those are your men--the labourers clearing rubble across the street?
00:47:33 You will certainly get promotion for this.
00:50:47 and he will see that you will be outside the Opera at the end of the performance
00:53:26 By bringing you here he made a serious blunder.
00:59:46 You didn't say goodnight to Herr Halendar. He will be furious.
01:07:13 - You weren't lying all the time, were you? - No, not all the time.
01:15:40 It is necessary for a boy to go to school.
01:20:36 Be smoking!
01:25:28 That's another question, isn't it?
01:28:15 Yes. And my hands are cold.
01:31:04 That is not our problem.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed959
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line01:31:04
Production Record
DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,692