Things to Come
1936 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 9,537 VOTES · DIR. William Cameron Menzies
Overview
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Dialogue Timeline — 952 lines
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00:04:05 Hullo, young Harding! You're early.
00:06:23 But you can overdo a stimulant.
00:09:07 Please call in all your friends. Call in everyone you can.
00:20:08 It's a bad gas.
00:28:36 Thanks to the determined action of our Chief in shooting all wanderers
00:31:41 Be resourceful.
00:33:52 Come along, Mary. I must see that machine.
00:36:40 But we, who are all that are left of the old engineers and mechanics
00:38:52 Now look here, Mr. Aviator. Let's see how we stand. Come down to actuality.
00:41:16 So you lost your temper and you bullied him.
00:44:33 To be exact, nineteen. You'll never get the others off the ground.
00:46:57 - You refuse? - Absolutely.
00:49:03 when I saw you marching into the Town Hall -
00:51:20 This lady has been putting me through a severe cross-examination.
00:54:43 A fishing boat saw him making for the French coast.
00:59:12 What! - only six of us up. Where are the rest of our fellows?
01:03:17 Our job is only beginning.
01:11:37 I'm a master craftsman, I have the right to talk.
01:14:22 That's going to be the trouble. Thousands of young people have been applying -
01:16:28 She says you can't possibly send anyone's child but your own.
01:19:22 - When the Space Gun is ready. - Some time this year, you mean? - Soon.
01:21:48 and it isn't ready. It will take hours yet.
01:27:54 We shall hate you more if you succeed than if you fail.
01:32:32 Which shall it be?
Cast & Characters
Raymond Massey
John Cabal
Raymond Massey
Oswald Cabal
Edward Chapman
Pippa Passworthy
Edward Chapman
Raymond Passworthy
Ralph Richardson
The Boss
Margaretta Scott
Roxana
Margaretta Scott
Rowena
Cedric Hardwicke
Theotocopulos
Maurice Braddell
Dr. Harding
Sophie Stewart
Mrs. Cabal
Derrick De Marney
Richard Gordon
Ann Todd
Mary Gordon
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed952
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:04:05
Final line01:32:32
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Cameron Menzies
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,537