Vertigo

1958 · 128 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 442,133 VOTES · DIR. Alfred Hitchcock

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Overview

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,130 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:04:18 Give me your hand!
00:07:30 It does?
00:10:05 Step number two coming up.
00:13:17 No.
00:15:51 I'm in a panic about this.
00:31:29 Professor Saunders over in Berkeley.
00:34:32 ...stopping people in the streets to ask:
00:37:54 She knows nothing of a grave out at the Mission Dolores?
00:45:57 Downtown, shopping.
00:48:58 I've fallen into lakes, out of rowboats, when I was a little girl.
00:55:09 ...to wander separately?
01:00:30 ...that I'll die.
01:03:40 All I said in my note was: "Where are you?"
01:07:21 And an old wooden hotel from the old California days?
01:12:08 It's not fair. It's too late. It wasn't supposed to happen this way.
01:17:40 ...he could not face the tragic result of his own weakness...
01:23:49 But I'm here.
01:31:11 You don't look much like Jack the Ripper. What do you want to know?
01:36:33 The Carlotta story was part real, part invented...
01:42:56 The gentleman seems to know what he wants.
01:46:09 ...if you'll just like me.
01:55:15 One final thing I have to do...
01:59:17 You were the counterfeit, weren't you?
02:02:30 God have mercy.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,130
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:04:18
Final line02:02:30

Production Record

DirectorAlfred Hitchcock
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,479,000
Revenue$7,808,900
IMDb votes442,133