The Prodigal

1955 · 112 MIN · IMDB 5.2 · 777 VOTES · DIR. Richard Thorpe

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Overview

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,160 lines

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00:01:48 ln the times before Christianity, only a few people believed in one God.
00:06:22 Miriam! Deborah! David!
00:09:56 Here, only make certain you don't use these the way l would.
00:13:00 Yesterday you took title to a slave of mine for 20 pieces of silver.
00:18:26 Father, you don't know.
00:22:32 A woman always knows more than her man thinks.
00:26:42 Either a war or a calamity. A calamity or a war.
00:30:59 Yes, but here, the Tinted Wall, covered with offers.
00:33:59 lt is the custom of my people!
00:40:43 l am told that in Joppa you said, ''Everything has its price.' '
00:44:48 Hear me now therefore, O ye children
00:48:37 A beast of burden building your new granaries.
00:52:02 Nahreeb, do you accept the wager, or do l have to command it?
00:55:41 who would not rest until he learned which of the human arts was the greatest.
01:00:30 that is the time to take care, a time to divert them
01:04:25 The scroll. What news?
01:12:45 - l can never belong to any one man. - Why not?
01:17:54 Why not?
01:22:25 lf he will stand before my people on the north steps and renounce his God.
01:27:30 l hate what they've done to your people
01:32:04 Well, first he complained of the fever and then the next thing
01:38:02 Do you hear? Dead.
01:45:21 Wait.
01:51:50 my future.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,160
Dialogue density10.4 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line01:51:50

Production Record

DirectorRichard Thorpe
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes777