West of Zanzibar

1928 · 70 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,043 VOTES · DIR. Tod Browning

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Overview

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

Dialogue Timeline — 165 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:15 West of Zanzibar
00:04:28 Aw, you poor blind idiot! Don't you understand? She's gone!
00:06:53 For all the suffering he brought her... he's going to pay!
00:09:22 Chops...nothin'! I'm goin' to be king of the whole pack!
00:12:50 VOODOOS! EVIL SPIRITS! The alarm spread...the jungle
00:14:30 Dead-Legs is crazy to keep stealin' that bloke's ivory! He'll get nailed ...sure!
00:16:08 Babe's all right! I sent him to Zanzibar!
00:18:41 No, Joe...I've taken my last drink of that stuff.
00:22:54 Are you...my father?
00:25:37 It's a lovely custom! When a man dies they always burn his wife or daughter with him!
00:27:37 Thanks...I guess I need it.
00:29:20 Yair? Well, you'll stand for anything I say!
00:31:42 Let's not talk about that. Just seeing you has made me do enough thinking.
00:33:34 Me...do...like...you say. Me...tell...white trader... you...steal...ivory. Three days...he...be...here.
00:37:11 Right you are... Mr. Crane!
00:39:29 No, you don't...but she does! And I love her, do you understand! I love her!
00:42:15 I had her raised in the lowest dive in Zanzibar ...so you could be proud of her!
00:47:04 Tiny, get her some brandy.
00:49:05 How did God ever put a thing like you on this earth?
00:51:57 The drums! They know he's dead!
00:54:15 We...come...get...white girl.
00:55:41 We couldn't get her across the compound! Their eyes are glued on her!
00:58:03 No! Don't believe him! He's lying! It's a trap for me!
01:03:49 No...believe!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed165
Dialogue density2.4 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:03:49

Production Record

DirectorTod Browning
LanguageEnglish
Budget$259,000
Revenue$921,000
IMDb votes2,043