The Riddle

2007 · 116 MIN · IMDB 4.8 · 1,937 VOTES · DIR. Brendan Foley

Overview

A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,349 lines

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00:01:02 Everything in life is a riddle.
00:07:01 A worker falls 50 feet off a building site one day after getting death threats
00:11:43 and the importance of the monarchy in the very fabric of our lives.
00:16:18 When I returned home, I found the house unkempt
00:22:23 You telling me makes me an accessory. I could lose my job.
00:28:01 If Willis finds out Sadie phoned me the night before she died
00:31:59 - He would. Come on. - Where? Hot date?
00:39:01 Who gave them to you?
00:44:46 To mar this perfection with a surgeon's knife
00:49:06 when I announced my theater engagement
00:53:19 It was some tincture given to her nurse
00:58:02 Why did you help me?
01:02:26 the servants having retired, and on this occasion
01:06:03 One problem.
01:10:36 I felt the door close, not just on my unwelcome visitor
01:14:39 Jimmy, you here?
01:17:44 Carry your own bleeding bags.
01:22:12 Be a darling, would you?
01:28:40 "The announcement was made
01:34:04 Remember the pub where you spiked my drinks?
01:38:11 except for one particular period when he stopped.
01:41:54 That promotion to the crime desk?
01:44:59 "And so much blood."
50:00:00 - Going to put somebody else on it?

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,349
Dialogue density11.6 lines / min
First line00:01:02
Final line50:00:00

Production Record

DirectorBrendan Foley
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$37,948
IMDb votes1,937