The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 35,397 VOTES · DIR. Jon Amiel
Overview
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,298 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:42 Thank you, sir. Next.
00:05:16 - Tell him to piss off. - Look, this has gone quite far enough.
00:07:46 No, no, bad idea.
00:10:54 - Help me! He's going to kill me! - Give me that phone!
00:14:36 How do you do?
00:18:23 But if you do, you'll never find the letters.
00:21:41 I'm afraid of loud noises.
00:26:41 But what about the girl?
00:30:13 Or are you thinking right now:
00:34:01 Suicide.
00:37:48 Mail call.
00:41:43 Good point. They could be Gilbert's men.
00:45:22 Very funny, sir.
00:48:22 Be in the lobby of the Grand Plaza London...
00:52:10 Mr. Ritchie, this is Chief Inspector Cockburn.
00:54:50 Easy for you to say. He's my dog, not your dog.
00:58:27 I hate to break out of character, but...
01:03:18 Lori, am I good, or am I good?
01:06:52 We'll try from other side.
01:10:18 I go after the brother.
01:17:42 Spineless little shit.
01:23:21 I've cared about money and success and getting to the top.
01:27:14 Only one candidate in a thousand even detects Amazonian arafrog toxin...
01:30:02 Is this working? Are you liking it?
Cast & Characters
Bill Murray
Wallace Ritchie
Joanne Whalley
Lori
Peter Gallagher
James Ritchie
Richard Wilson
Sir Roger Daggenhurst
Alfred Molina
Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
John Standing
Gilbert Embleton
Simon Chandler
Hawkins
Geraldine James
Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
Anna Chancellor
Barbara Ritchie
Nicholas Woodeson
Sergei
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,298
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:02:42
Final line01:30:02
Production Record
DirectorJon Amiel
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue$13,801,755
IMDb votes35,397