There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 · 123 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 5,448 VOTES · DIR. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Overview

Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.

Dialogue Timeline — 951 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:07 Once upon a time, when rivers ran blue...
00:09:42 All that money.
00:14:15 And I fell to my knees and cried:
00:18:21 On the other hand, I'll give you two hours to get out.
00:23:51 That's it. Now, just follow me.
00:27:12 You ain't got a fella here named Poontang, have you?
00:31:16 - Name. - Cavendish.
00:34:54 Hold on there, Harry. It ain't like he was an out-and-out cripple. He's doing his job.
00:39:42 If you did it.
00:43:56 Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars would do me very nicely.
00:50:34 Things seem quiet enough now.
00:54:23 Well, I'll save you the trouble and tell you what we was gonna do.
00:57:43 It'd take you three years to dig the tunnel. Then where would you be?
01:02:26 Hey, you three down there! What's all that talk about?
01:06:35 - Missouri Kid, you're next. - No!
01:10:24 It won't do you any good.
01:14:49 How are them angels coming along?
01:18:09 ...not a dream.
01:24:26 Come on, boys, break it up. Break it up. Boys.
01:27:10 Next week. I just got the word yesterday.
01:31:49 Come to think of it...
01:37:54 ...we get chicken and green peas...
01:48:12 No. I wouldn't do that to you, Paris.
01:52:52 Watch where you're going, mister. This parrot has been sick.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed951
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:52:52

Production Record

DirectorJoseph L. Mankiewicz
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,448