The Whistle Blower
1986 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 2,724 VOTES · DIR. Simon Langton
Overview
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,021 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:20 The only way we'll know when and at what targets a nuclear button will be pressed
00:07:55 for Gloucester, Stroud, Kemble, and London Paddington -
00:10:42 - Bob? - Mm?
00:13:50 You’re a linguist. Who needs them?
00:16:47 gambling like a maniac.
00:22:01 Thanks. There’s a panic on to calculate the track of this new Russian spacemongery.
00:25:21 HMS Hawke - white band round your cap.
00:28:08 Thank you.
00:31:27 I don’t know what you know and I don’t read what you read
00:36:47 and then we’re sending him to Northern Ireland.
00:41:12 I think we have a knack for this sort of thing.
00:45:49 I don’t want to talk. Which paper?
00:49:42 - I’d like to thank you, Rose. - Why?
00:55:19 I just thought you were bad news for Bob. I mean, married with a kid and everything.
00:58:08 There’s no evidence either way. No witnesses.
01:01:00 - Pickett, I want the truth. - Don’t we all?
01:03:54 He wouldn't give me the name over the phone
01:08:36 no help to anybody.
01:12:17 Cheers.
01:15:05 He was my son.
01:17:56 whoever the Yanks sent in to do their dirty work for them.
01:23:09 I am merely authorised by Her Majesty’s government to set the matter in its context.
01:26:17 I want to believe in England again.
01:30:00 And her death throes drive her to ever more dangerous feats of brinkmanship
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,021
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:30:00
Production Record
DirectorSimon Langton
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,724