The Night of the Iguana

1964 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 13,526 VOTES · DIR. John Huston

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Overview

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,742 lines

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00:01:20 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart...
00:09:06 Yeah, on the bridge.
00:14:51 Well? Well, where is she?
00:21:03 What you should have is a nice big church in Thunderbird Heights...
00:27:51 Shannon.
00:31:47 Fantastic. That's fantastic.
00:35:35 ...my life has cracked up on me.
00:40:37 And they weren't exaggerating.
00:44:17 He still has his inspiration but his power of concentration has weakened a little.
00:49:16 ...a man who makes a career of seducing young girls.
00:53:11 ...he guessed he was impotent. But if you ask me, honey, he just plain lost interest.
00:57:20 All right, I'll do it too. I'll walk on glass and I'll bleed to death with you.
01:01:42 The plummeting to earth and then...
01:05:55 "Tours of God's world, conducted by a minister of God."
01:10:04 And I shall put my grandfather into his wheelchair...
01:15:12 - He will play the... - Nonno, please.
01:19:28 That's to show how I hate you.
01:23:34 Just a flipping minute.
01:28:01 ...almost voluptuous crucifixion to suffer for the sins of the world, Mr. Shannon?
01:31:42 And I'm a no-good bastard. Lay it to the drink. I'm a bad drunk.
01:36:28 When I was 16...
01:40:26 And acceptance of life is surely the first requisite for living it.
01:45:43 And then, an intercourse
01:52:23 What proposition, Mrs. Faulk?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,742
Dialogue density14.8 lines / min
First line00:01:20
Final line01:52:23

Production Record

DirectorJohn Huston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue$12,000,000
IMDb votes13,526