The X-Files — S04E07 — Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man
1996 · 45 MIN · IMDB 9.1 · 4,368 VOTES · DIR. James Wong, Glen Morgan
Overview
The Lone Gunmen reveal the (possibly fake) secret history of the Cigarette Smoking Man to Mulder and Scully; from a young captain in the U.S. Army recruited to assassinate President Kennedy, to becoming the mysterious man in the shadows at the height of a global conspiracy.
Dialogue Timeline — 511 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:09 NOT EVERYTHING IS A LABYRINTH OF CONSPIRACIES. LOOK, YOU'RE SHAKING.
00:03:11 AT THAT SAME MOMENT, A THOUSAND MILES NORTH,
00:04:21 WE'RE GONNA KICK YOUR RANG-A-DANG-DOO!
00:05:57 ALSO KNOWN AS THE BAY OF PIGS?
00:07:08 THEY COMMAND ARMIES OF LAWYERS ARMED WITH PAPER WEAPONS,
00:08:22 THE REASON THAT YOU ARE BEFORE US HERE TODAY.
00:10:15 UH, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THOSE REPORTS AND...
00:11:33 I LEFT ALL MY MONEY WITH MY WIFE.
00:14:52 IT IS OFFICIAL NOW. PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS DEAD.
00:16:45 IT'S GONNA BE ALL OVER.
00:18:28 ARE RISING UP AS NEVER BEFORE.
00:19:47 BELIEVES THAT KING'S ALLY, STOKELEY CARMICHAEL,
00:21:09 A SIG FORCE CAN EXECUTE A WET-INSERT OPERATION.
00:22:37 THE MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE RISING UP.
00:24:17 AND I DON'T MIND.
00:26:03 MY FAVORITE POET WAS AESCHYLUS.
00:27:41 SO DID THE SOVIETS IN '80.
00:29:07 I HAVE TO, UH, SEE SOME, UH... FAMILY.
00:32:43 AND OUR NAMES CAN NEVER...
00:34:29 GO AHEAD.
00:37:21 ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
00:38:50 TH-THAT'S GREAT.
00:41:05 WOULD WANNA BUY THAT SORT OF CRAP.
00:43:49 BUT NOT TODAY.
Cast & Characters
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
William B. Davis
Cigarette Smoking Man
Morgan Weisser
Lee Harvey Oswald
Laurie Murdoch
Lydon
Colin Lawrence
The Troop Leader (uncredited)
Dean Aylesworth
Young Bill Mulder
Anthony Ashbee
Corporal (uncredited)
Peter Mele
Mob Man (uncredited)
Jude Zachary
Jones (uncredited)
Steve Oatway
Supervisor (uncredited)
Michael St. John Smith
Major General Fryatt (uncredited)
Paul Jarrett
James Earl Ray
Jerry Hardin
Deep Throat - Ronald
Donnelly Rhodes
General Francis
Chris Owens
Young Cigarette Smoking Man
David Fredericks
Director
Peter Hanlon
Aide
Marc Baur
Matlock (uncredited)
Dan Zukovic
Agent
Bruce Harwood
John Fitzgerald Byers (voice)
Tom Braidwood
Melvin Frohike
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed511
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:01:09
Final line00:43:49
Production Record
DirectorJames Wong, Glen Morgan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,368
Factoids
Episode
The X-Files, season 4, episode 7: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4087/season/4/episode/7
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