Who'll Stop the Rain

1978 · 126 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 3,502 VOTES · DIR. Karel Reisz

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Overview

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,508 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:05 (Missiles whooshing, explosions)
00:06:03 But, you see, we don't know her.
00:11:10 Yeah.
00:18:04 Are you going to be ready for me?
00:22:01 # Jody's gonna get religion all night long
00:31:19 Now, can't you just take it somewhere else?
00:36:01 - Give it to them. - They'd kill us anyway.
00:42:11 (Car horn)
00:47:15 All my life I've been taking shit from inferior people. No more!
00:51:58 Yeah, probably still laughing about how they tied the schmuck to a toilet.
00:56:33 There can't be more than 20 of them registered.
01:01:25 OK. We're going to get you high.
01:07:08 Excuse me. I want a word with your friend.
01:12:24 (Moaning)
01:16:25 # And I wonder, still I wonder
01:21:25 - (Marge) Jesus! -Yeah.
01:25:20 Any mishaps, just get out at first light.
01:29:37 Get inside.
01:33:12 Stay in here. Pidio, check the back trail.
01:37:11 He's on his knees.
01:41:46 Pretty soon I'll either be away from you or dead.
01:46:20 - Come with us. - (Gunshot)
01:53:19 # I'm going to whup old Jody's ass
03:00:04 1-5-O metres south of yellow smoke.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,508
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:01:05
Final line03:00:04

Production Record

DirectorKarel Reisz
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,502