The Toolbox Murders

1978 · 93 MIN · IMDB 5.2 · 5,218 VOTES · DIR. Dennis Donnelly

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Overview

A serial killer, plagued by the memory of a fatal car accident, uses various tools to murder female tenants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, then abducts a teenaged girl who lives there with her family. When the police express doubt that the murders are connected to the girl's disappearance, her brother sets out to search for her on his own.

Dialogue Timeline — 647 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:57 -Do you know what happened? -Some kind of accident.
00:04:31 Give me a call.
00:08:55 Shit.
00:10:42 We need to break in the apartment.
00:14:04 Philip... l can't wear black hose with this!
00:17:21 Hi, there. Any of these washers free?
00:19:28 met a bad end.
00:22:36 Mrs. Barrow, you should take a look at this.
00:26:38 The roots are still attached to them like they were wrenched out.
00:31:17 lt's a surrealistic summer
00:33:30 -Police! -lt's Byron. Are you okay?
00:37:42 We went up to check on her and she wasn't there.
00:39:57 l know.
00:43:58 Ned, l appreciate your dedication to the job here...
00:46:42 No, no, please. Please. l just want to look at it.
00:48:38 Oh, God!
00:50:11 lt's not about what can get in.
00:54:19 You want to know about the symbols, right?
00:55:44 -Where's the side view? -Right here.
01:00:18 What are you...?
01:15:17 Oh, my God... Wait! Wait! Wait!
01:17:40 There's a trap door on the roof.
01:21:36 as she laid in her casket.
01:29:14 He's dead. Understand me? He's dead.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed647
Dialogue density7.0 lines / min
First line00:00:57
Final line01:29:14

Production Record

DirectorDennis Donnelly
LanguageEnglish
Budget$185,000
IMDb votes5,218