Fails the Bechdel test
Armed and Dangerous
1986. Directed by Mark L. Lester, written by Brian Grazer and Harold Ramis and James Keach.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 1 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Frank Dooley (John Candy) , a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defense lawyer named Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) in their new careers - as security guards. When the two are made fall guys for a robbery at a location they are guarding, the pair begin to investigate corruption within the company and their union. They soon make enemies of everyone, but can the unlikely duo save the day ?
- Released
- 15 Aug 1986
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 17 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Ray 245 lines, man
- Norm 181 lines, man
- Karen 60 lines, woman
- O'Connor 53 lines, man
- Maggie 28 lines, woman
- Carlino 23 lines, man
- Carling 19 lines, man
- Lazarus 19 lines, man
- Anderson 15 lines, man
- Arnold 12 lines, man
Full cast, 40 people
- John Candy as Frank Dooley
- Eugene Levy as Norman Kane
- Robert Loggia as Michael Carlino
- Kenneth McMillan as Captain Clarence O'Connell
- Meg Ryan as Maggie Cavanaugh
- Brion James as Anthony Lazarus
- Jonathan Banks as Clyde Klepper
- Don Stroud as Sergeant Rizzo
- Larry Hankin as Kokolovitch
- Steve Railsback as The Cowboy
- Robert Burgos as Mel Nedler
- Tony Burton as Cappy
- Robert Gray as Butcher
- Larry Jenkins as Raisin
- Stacy Keach Sr. as Judge
- Bruce Kirby as Police Captain
- Savely Kramarov as Olaf
- Judy Landers as Noreen
- Tommy Lister Jr. as Bruno
- James Tolkan as Lou Brackman
- K.C. Winkler as Vicki
- Glenn Withrow as Larry Lupik
- David Wohl as Prosecutor
- Melanie Gaffin as Little Girl
- Ira Miller as 1st Toxic Guard
- Royce D. Applegate as 2nd Toxic Guard
- John Solari as Dolan
- David Hess as Gunman #4
- Christine Dupree as Peep Show Girl
- Nicholas Worth as Transvestite
- Sylvia Kauders as Older Woman at Party
- Wilson Camp as Older Man at Party
- Edith Fields as Party Guest
- J. Jay Saunders as Mayor
- Tito Puente as Band Leader
- Rick Avery as Cobb
- Joe Seely as Kid
- Mark Carlton as Court Clerk
- Teagan Clive as Staff Member
- Bill Baker as Blonde Guy on Pier (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 11% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 97
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 to 12 | 10 | 38 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 34 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 43 |
| 19 to 21 | 13 | 22 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 20 |
| 31 to 33 | 7 | 23 |
| 34 to 36 | 3 | 39 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 24 |
| 40 to 42 | 7 | 33 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 48 |
| 46 to 48 | 5 | 36 |
| 49 to 51 | 12 | 20 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 16 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 5 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 to 66 | 3 | 6 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 6 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 10 |
| 73 to 75 | 0 | 8 |
| 76 to 78 | 3 | 4 |
| 79 to 81 | 13 | 21 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 42 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 12 |
| 88 to 90 | 4 | 19 |
| 91 to 93 | 8 | 10 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 30 |
| 97 to 97 | 1 | 32 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 13 are women's.
94 lines from women, 620 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 31 men in the cast. 1 women and 13 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 800.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 120 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 10% of the words (965), men 90% (8,404). Women have 13% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
73
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Mark L. Lester (man)
- Written by
- Brian Grazer (man), Harold Ramis (man), PJ Torokvei (woman)
- Produced by
- Brian Grazer (man), James Keach (man)
- Shot by
- Fred Schuler (man)
- Edited by
- Mike Hill (man), Daniel P. Hanley (man)
- Production design by
- David L. Snyder (man)
- Costumes by
- Deborah L. Scott (woman)
- Cast by
- Janet Hirshenson (woman), Jane Jenkins (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men
-
Writing
1 women, 2 men
-
Art
0 women, 2 men
-
Editing
0 women, 2 men
-
Camera
0 women, 1 men
-
Directing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 24 on average. Men: 44 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Meg Ryan 24
Men
John Candy 35, Eugene Levy 39, Jonathan Banks 39, Steve Railsback 40, Brion James 41, Don Stroud 42, Larry Hankin 48, Kenneth McMillan 54, Robert Loggia 56
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $15.9 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 97 scenes and 800 lines of dialogue. How the test works
