The Undertaker Parlor Computer

1976 · 84 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 260 VOTES · DIR. Gérard Pirès

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Overview

Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.

Dialogue Timeline — 286 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:21 Quiet on the set.
00:02:03 There were 53 Junior Mints in this box.
00:02:31 Sure, buddy.
00:03:08 -Your mom 's stroke book! -I mean it, all right? Take that back!
00:04:11 Did you see the look on Normie's face?
00:04:41 -Yeah, film Normie eating a Twinkie. -Yeah.
00:05:28 Did you ever think about going on a diet?
00:06:12 You think maybe there's a dead guy underneath there?
00:07:08 Get in.
00:09:25 Now, what's this? Is there something you want to tell me?
00:12:45 What can I tell you? I'm just an old-fashioned guy.
00:13:38 I just sent some asthma medication to a guy who can definitely afford...
00:14:16 Get a life, Normie.
00:15:11 My father's been murdered by the town's undertaker.
00:16:03 I think it's that one.
00:16:46 Norman, I'm glad you came by today. I've got some deliveries for you to make.
00:17:36 Hello. Anybody home? Grundy's.
00:18:15 -Wait, wait, wait. -This way. In the office.
00:19:49 What? He's dead?
00:21:08 Seeing as they missed the fact that she was poisoned...
00:22:02 A little taste of your own medicine that you had delivered.
00:23:10 Give it to me. Give it to me.
00:24:12 This is fucking great.
00:25:49 English

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed286
Dialogue density3.4 lines / min
First line00:01:21
Final line00:25:49

Production Record

DirectorGérard Pirès
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes260