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.
00:05:14 What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?
00:07:42 How lovely. Set another place for dinner.
00:10:28 They were supposed to give you an address.
00:14:16 You take it. He's a bloody nutter.
00:18:07 I'm not playing that game, you sick bastard.
00:21:15 I have to make a call.
00:26:17 ...new weapons, new poisons.
00:29:39 He's in the movie business.
00:33:27 You jerk.
00:36:51 Excuse us.
00:40:45 If you're afraid your pinpoint bomb can't take out that top table...
00:44:35 You want to tell me what you think you were doing?
00:47:24 But there's a downside.
00:50:57 What's the problem?
00:53:56 ...and believed to be armed and extremely dangerous.
00:57:13 Wallace Ritchie.
01:01:54 Deeper.
01:05:13 A very naughty boy.
01:08:36 You missed!
01:12:28 Aren't we all, dear. But we've got a show to put on, in case you didn't notice.
01:22:01 Where's Lori? Do you know if she saw the show?
01:24:53 The doll was beautiful.
01:28:37 I want to do kids or old people one day a week.
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 line01:28:37
Production Record
DirectorJon Amiel
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue$13,801,755
IMDb votes35,397