The Screwball

1956 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 67 VOTES · DIR. Carlo Lizzani

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Overview

Achilles, a Hulot-like factotum for an evening newspaper, travels around looking for a scoop in the Milan of the "economic miracle."

Dialogue Timeline — 954 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:55 Next to you, with my head on your pillow.
00:06:37 - Make me try again! - Ok.
00:09:07 - To me he's still a brute. - No, looks can be deceiving!
00:12:03 - What theater did you go to? - At the... Gloria.
00:14:32 - Sir, the proofs. - Let's see.
00:16:59 At once. There you go.
00:21:18 - You'll do nothing of that sort, understood?
00:24:09 But I don't wish to intrude. You barely know me!
00:26:55 - Do you mind a picture? - Be my guest.
00:29:37 Then it all starts over: thump thump, thump thump.
00:32:53 with an alcoholic father and a mother who... Well, you get the idea.
00:36:24 - May I have a glass of water? - Go to hell!
00:39:30 So true!
00:43:19 Elegance, style and coolness.
00:47:44 And when they can't be found, they get invented, so that one is able to sell.
00:51:29 You cheer up that doll, because I'm thorugh with her. You tell her.
00:54:28 But he waited over a year to tell me. Do you realize it?
00:57:37 Go! Trrrrr!
01:01:10 Come here, wait.
01:04:35 I sing a very funny song, in English.
01:08:39 Not now, by the lake it'll be nicer.
01:13:19 And we'd better find a place for the dogs, we can't keep them in here for three days.
01:19:02 He'll be waiting all night in the cold!
500:00:00 - No, these are priceless.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed954
Dialogue density8.7 lines / min
First line00:01:55
Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorCarlo Lizzani
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes67