Witness in the City
1959 · 86 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 978 VOTES · DIR. Édouard Molinaro
Overview
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.
Dialogue Timeline — 566 lines
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00:00:32 No!
00:04:37 Can we have a word sir?
00:12:30 Radio Taxi.
00:15:50 I've had time to think it through... Months of thinking of nothing else.
00:17:36 Let me explain...
00:22:57 Hey... what do you think you're doing?
00:25:59 On the sweet face of our dear leader and guaranteed arsehole.
00:27:32 So what am I gonna tell the boss?
00:30:55 No trouble at 6am.
00:32:19 A mob of Yanks who fell on top of me.
00:35:55 - Lovers make me sentimental. - Go to bed!
00:37:12 - You won't accept anything from me. - Yes... non-essentials...
00:40:39 - I'm not what you think. - I thought you were a good girl.
00:46:32 Well... read it!
00:47:38 Truth doesn't interest them... And they don't believe it.
00:49:08 Or being like the driver who gets his pedals mixed up.
00:51:46 Shut it!
00:54:29 Thank you, sir.
00:58:07 Just here, driver.
01:00:02 Having a girl settle in... that makes her really somebody.
01:05:14 You recognized me, eh?
01:07:01 - So what? - So my shift is finished.
01:09:44 Hullo... call to all cars.
05:00:00 - OK... is your place far?
Cast & Characters
Lino Ventura
Ancelin
Sandra Milo
Liliane
Franco Fabrizi
Lambert - le radio-taxi de nuit
Jacques Berthier
Pierre Verdier
Daniel Ceccaldi
Le client du taxi italien
Robert Dalban
Raymond - un chauffeur de taxi
Jacques Jouanneau
Le loueur de voitures
Micheline Luccioni
Germaine - une radio taxi
Ginette Pigeon
Muriel - la prostituée
Janine Darcey
La propriétaire de l'hôtel
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed566
Dialogue density6.6 lines / min
First line00:00:32
Final line05:00:00
Production Record
DirectorÉdouard Molinaro
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes978