The Pledge

1982 · 21 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 132 VOTES · DIR. Digby Rumsey

Overview

Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.

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Dialogue Timeline — 182 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:35 (Wind whistling)
00:01:00 (Wood creaking)
00:01:49 (Crow caws)
00:02:56 - I want you. - No!
00:03:28 {Man} A piebald, Tom, 15 hands high. Well worth the taking.
00:04:10 Aha' in such a place aha' such weather!
00:04:45 Hey!
00:07:43 {Woman} Stay with me. Won't you please stay? Forever.
00:08:15 have at length brought you to this untimely end.
00:08:49 Why tonight?
00:09:09 What does a dead man care?
00:09:35 - But they'll know it's us for sure! - Your pledge.
00:10:21 " Shh!
00:10:54 Now hurry, damn you.
00:11:54 Providence ain't interested in the likes of me. Or you.
00:12:36 (Clock chiming)
00:13:29 (Panting)
00:13:48 The ladder's there.
00:14:06 All right, I'll give you alight.
00:14:38 (Wood creaks)
00:15:30 (Grunting)
00:17:20 (Panting)
00:18:33 Not much left of you, My Lord, is there now?
00:19:28 (Panting)

Cast & Characters

Ronald Forfar The Tinker Roger Watkins The Gypsy Peter Rutherford Joe Glenn Cunningham Will Frank McDermott The Highwayman Elizabeth Pearce The Girl Tony Crerar The Baliff

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed182
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line00:19:28

Production Record

DirectorDigby Rumsey
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes132