The Mind Benders
1963 · 109 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 978 VOTES · DIR. Basil Dearden
Overview
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,748 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:29 Taxi, Dr Hall?
00:09:25 Isn't it reasonable I should ask a few questions
00:12:23 This is the hut, where an extremely brave French geophysicist
00:16:15 ...we mean the study of what happens to a man...
00:21:15 We bought a beautiful old car.
00:25:53 It was Sharpey's.
00:31:00 I'll show you what I know.
00:35:35 Prof. Sharpey was dealing with what are defined for majors
00:39:11 And "Z for Zombie"... not "S for Sharpey"...
00:45:09 After the first hour of relative quiet, even boredom...
00:48:53 That's a kind of belief, isn't it?
00:53:29 Tell him to get out... the bloody man!
00:57:41 Yes. I had a phone message... Just now I saw the ambulance.
01:00:58 Thank you very much, Norman.
01:06:56 France...Italy...
01:11:12 I think he's in there, sir.
01:14:42 Just YOUR sort of girl!
01:18:34 ...is the man who calls himself Longman, now.
01:22:37 For God's sake, he knows my name's Tate...
01:26:47 against your wife.
01:31:09 I think I'll go home, now.
01:35:24 You're just a machine of furry clothing, that's all.
01:39:09 ...hop out and ring the nearest witch-doctor.
01:44:16 You know how fast they have to cope with all the problems!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,748
Dialogue density16.0 lines / min
First line00:03:29
Final line01:44:16
Production Record
DirectorBasil Dearden
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes978