The Tenth Man
1988 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,136 VOTES · DIR. Jack Gold
Overview
During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,022 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 (AeropIane approaching)
00:06:39 8:50.
00:10:17 (BeII chiming in distance)
00:12:37 UnIess you're on the wrong side of it.
00:15:59 We need a shoe to put them in.
00:18:32 If it's not now, it's another time.
00:22:01 - It's a very odd document. - Give it here. I'II sign.
00:25:55 Yes.
00:34:24 WeII, we aII said that kind of thing.
00:37:17 but things don't fit.
00:40:57 Shave that beard off, see what you Iook Iike.
00:44:20 I've got nothing to say to God any more.
00:50:05 I'm sorry, I...
00:53:10 He was Iocked up by the Germans and knew my brother.
00:58:28 - Good night. - Good night.
01:02:45 Erm...
01:05:41 Someone who knew MicheI.
01:09:20 I...decided to do it for him.
01:14:53 I am a coward, just Iike him.
01:20:06 We taIked about her, that night.
01:23:36 So as far as she's concerned, the pIace is mine.
01:27:36 I mean, you can't sit day after day as I do
01:30:38 and I wouId fIash a message.
01:34:32 ENHOH
Cast & Characters
Anthony Hopkins
Jean Louis Chavel
Kristin Scott Thomas
Therese Mangeot
Derek Jacobi
The Imposter
Cyril Cusack
The Priest
Brenda Bruce
Madame Mangeot (Michel and Therese's mother)
Timothy Watson
Michel Mangeot
Paul Rogers
Breton
Peter Jonfield
Roche
Geoffrey Bayldon
Elderly Clerk
Michael Attwell
Krogh
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,022
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line01:34:32
Production Record
DirectorJack Gold
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,136