The Pursuit of Happiness

Name: The Pursuit of Happiness
Director: Robert Mulligan
Released: 1971
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Michael Sarrazin, Barbara Hershey, Arthur Hill, Ruth White, E.G. Marshall

1971 · 93 MIN · IMDB 6.3 · 465 VOTES · DIR. Robert Mulligan

Overview

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over a woman in his car entirely by accident, he accepts a sentence for manslaughter.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,400 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 (LET ME GO PLAYING)

00:04:22 Will you come?

00:08:11 And that's when you woke me up.

00:10:48 Who would I report back to? You or Grandmother?

00:16:16 Not tonight. No, sir.

00:19:23 No.

00:22:07 Without someone like me to get rid of

00:27:14 Yes?

00:29:42 a bunch of housewives and plumbers.

00:32:44 I left a dozen messages for you to come here.

00:35:10 William.

00:38:50 found in the defendant's car at the time of the accident.

00:44:36 Now, do you mind if I call you Bill? Good.

00:47:45 Why, if Benedict Arnold hadn't been a traitor, who knows

00:50:57 But I feel I just gotta speak up.

00:54:04 in which you refer to the deceased as your "friend."

00:56:40 Yes.

00:59:17 Believe me, today they're gonna let out the throttle.

01:03:34 Beautiful.

01:07:07 Ridiculous.

01:10:54 (DOGS BARKING)

01:15:12 What'll you do about money?

01:20:27 Yeah? Where? Someplace downtown.

01:27:07 and that's nowhere.

Cast & Characters

Michael Sarrazin William Popper Barbara Hershey Jane Kauffman Arthur Hill John Popper Ruth White Mrs. Popper E.G. Marshall Daniel Lawrence Robert Klein Melvin Lasher Sada Thompson Ruth Lawrence David Doyle James Moran Barnard Hughes Judge Vogel Peter White Terence Lawrence

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,400

Dialogue density15.1 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:27:07

Production Record

DirectorRobert Mulligan

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes465