Young Wives' Tale

1951 · 79 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 373 VOTES · DIR. Henry Cass

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Overview

A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,693 lines

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00:01:49 Mrs. Pennant!
00:06:34 Oh, darling. I know it's difficult for you.
00:10:11 Oh, I don't think I can possibly do that.
00:13:08 Oh, Nanny I'm terribly sorry.
00:16:07 No, I don't think they would.
00:19:08 You can't live forever
00:22:17 It makes me sick.
00:26:00 Wherever have you got to be, and when?
00:29:00 looking after Elizabeth yourself, would you?
00:32:26 But Nanny, I'm simply
00:36:36 She had rather an unpleasant experience on the way home.
00:38:44 No, I refuse to accept Rodney as the father of my child.
00:41:47 I have an important appointment at seven o'clock.
00:44:57 to the palace in a glittering glass coach.
00:49:11 to have an affair with me.
00:52:26 I don't know. If you would say so.
00:55:07 What then?
00:59:37 Really Nanny, I can't have you
01:02:35 I was crying and Bruce was sorry for me.
01:05:47 What's that about Valentine?
01:08:51 Coming, darling.
01:11:44 I found myself outside the home in Colonial.
01:15:01 Oh, darling. Don't let's have any more storms.
01:18:45 the debt it owes to the British housewife.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,693
Dialogue density21.4 lines / min
First line00:01:49
Final line01:18:45

Production Record

DirectorHenry Cass
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes373

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