The Man from the Diners' Club
1963 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 410 VOTES · DIR. Frank Tashlin
Overview
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads to a big mistake -- the accidental approval of a credit card for mobster Foots Pulardos, who is planning to flee to Mexico with his girlfriend, Sugar Pye, to avoid criminal charges. When Klenk tries to fix his mix-up, he gets dangerously involved in Foots' scheme.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,099 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:56 -The client? -The pigeon.
00:05:34 -You back? -Uh-huh.
00:11:03 which considers dogs, cheetahs and parakeets to be the beloved of the gods.
00:15:23 I won'’t.
00:21:37 What?
00:25:48 PX.
00:32:53 -Yeah? -Cotton, Foots. Sidney Cotton.
00:35:47 -The job? -Yeah.
00:38:44 I guess you'’re wondering why we'’re staring at your feet.
00:41:16 will give you some clothes and some gear,
00:43:28 It says you can charge a meal at the Potted Pigeon Restaurant.
00:47:02 Lunch, one hour.
00:50:24 Relaxing all the muscles.
00:52:53 You are tensing.
00:56:27 -I'’d be happy to go. -Sure, you relax, you know? Maybe you pick up
01:02:05 Are we keeping you from something, Mr. Klenk?
01:05:09 He made me feel like everything I said was important, you know.
01:09:56 Eh, eh, eh, tomorrow, Lucy.
01:13:32 as in blast heat and bond with teller.
01:16:13 Oh, no!
01:19:05 Yeah!
01:22:54 and wait out in the hall. Come on now, on the double.
01:30:36 you'’re an IBM computer."
01:35:04 Oh!
Cast & Characters
Danny Kaye
Ernest Klenk
Cara Williams
Sugar Pye
Martha Hyer
Lucy
Telly Savalas
Foots Pulardos
Everett Sloane
Mr. Martindale
Kaye Stevens
Bea Frampton
Howard Caine
Claude Bassanio
George Kennedy
George
Jay Novello
Mooseghian
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Ella Trask
Ronald Long
Minister
Bernie Kopell
Comet Messenger (uncredited)
Harry Dean Stanton
Beatnik (uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,099
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:01:56
Final line01:35:04
Production Record
DirectorFrank Tashlin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes410
Factoids
Rating source
IMDb rating preserved from the supplied subtitle archive; it may differ from the current IMDb rating.
Local subtitle archive