Passes the Bechdel test

Caddyshack

Name: Caddyshack
Released: 1980

1980. Directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray and Harold Ramis and Douglas Kenney.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 9 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 3 scenes out of 94.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.

The film

Something fishy is going on at the elitist Bushwood Country Club, and the scheming president of the clubhouse, Judge Elihu Smails, has something to do with it. But suave golf guru Ty Webb and distasteful, filthy rich construction magnate Al Czervik are on to him. Meanwhile, young caddie Danny Noonan struggles to get his life back on track, and the only way to do it is by winning the demanding Caddie Day golf tournament, a prestigious competition that can earn him a scholarship from the judge himself. Now, war breaks out and all bets are off. Will Danny ever make his dream come true? Does he know that a subterranean menace is threatening to put in jeopardy everyone's plans?

Released: 25 Jul 1980
Genres: Comedy, Sport
Rated: R
IMDb: 7.2 / 10
Metascore: 48 / 100
Awards: 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Danny 174 lines, man
Smails 66 lines, man
Czernak 64 lines, man
Tony 62 lines, man
Ty 62 lines, man
Lacey 44 lines, woman
Maggie 38 lines, woman
Lou 22 lines, man
Mr. Noonan 21 lines, man
Spaulding 20 lines, man

Full cast, 51 people

Chevy Chase as Ty Webb
Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervik
Ted Knight as Judge Smails
Bill Murray as Carl Spackler
Michael O'Keefe as Danny Noonan
Sarah Holcomb as Maggie O'Hooligan
Cindy Morgan as Lacey Underall
Albert Salmi as Mr. Noonan
Scott Colomby as Tony D'Annunzio
Dan Resin as Dr. Beeper
Elaine Aiken as Mrs. Noonan
Henry Wilcoxon as The Bishop
Lois Kibbee as Mrs. Smails
Brian Doyle-Murray as Lou Loomis
Ann Ryerson as Grace
Thomas A. Carlin as Sandy McFiddish
John F. Barmon Jr. as Spaulding Smails
Peter Berkrot as Angie D'Annunzio
Hamilton Mitchell as Motormouth
Scott Powell as Gatsby
Ann Crilley as Suki
Cordis Heard as Wally
Brian McConnachie as Scott
Scott Sudden as Richard Richards
Jackie Davis as Smoke
Minerva Scelza as Joey D'Annunzio
Kenneth Burritt as Mr. Havercamp
Rebecca Burritt as Mrs. Havercamp
Barbara Keegan as Noble Noyes
Scott Jackson as Chuck Schick
Anna Upstrom as Blonde Bombshell
Ron Frank as Pat Noonan
Patricia Wilcox as Nancy Noonan
Debi Frank as Kathleen Noonan
Tony Gulliver as Ray - Old Caddy
Kim Bordeaux as Pre-Deb
Lori Lowe as Pre-Deb
Marcus Breece as Lifeguard
Mark Chiriboga as Terry the Hippie
Fred Buch as Angry Husband
Frank Schuller as Charlie the Cook
Mel Pape as Butler
Marge McKenna as Lady on Boat
Bruce McLaughlin as Old Crony
Dennis McCormack as Dennis Noonan
Violet Ramis as Noonan Child
Judy Arman as Beeper's Girlfriend
Dr. Dow as Mr. Wang
Paige Coffman as Little Girl at Pool
Donna M. Wiggin as Woman at Pool
James Hotchkiss as Old Crony

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 94

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	0
3 to 4	3	7
5 to 6	7	20
7 to 8	1	1
9 to 10	0	0
11 to 12	0	0
13 to 14	0	27
15 to 16	3	5
17 to 18	2	41
19 to 20	11	25
21 to 22	12	18
23 to 24	10	45
25 to 26	3	82
27 to 28	0	7
29 to 30	3	2
31 to 32	4	5
33 to 34	2	3
35 to 36	0	4
37 to 38	10	19
39 to 40	15	20
41 to 42	12	10
43 to 44	0	0
45 to 46	1	2
47 to 48	1	1
49 to 50	0	0
51 to 52	13	13
53 to 54	7	7
55 to 56	4	2
57 to 58	0	2
59 to 60	0	13
61 to 62	2	20
63 to 64	2	3
65 to 66	0	17
67 to 68	2	18
69 to 70	2	2
71 to 72	0	17
73 to 74	2	18
75 to 76	2	5
77 to 78	0	2
79 to 80	1	5
81 to 82	0	2
83 to 84	0	16
85 to 86	0	0
87 to 88	0	0
89 to 90	1	19
91 to 92	0	11
93 to 94	10	74

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

WALLY: Oh, I don't believe it. She's coming over here. LACEY: Hello. My name is Lacey Und e r a ll. I'm seventeen and I'm trouble.

TERRYAND NOBLE: Really. MRS. SMAILS: . All right, everybody! It's time!

JOEY: Hey, Bigf9ot -- don't trip inna water! GRACE: That's it! JOEY: Gimme it, Goon! Gimme it!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.

148 lines from women, 610 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

9 women and 20 men in the cast. 9 women and 24 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 831. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 18% of the words (1,370), men 82% (6,284). Women have 20% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: 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

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 11 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 5% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Harold Ramis (man)
Written by: Harold Ramis (man), Brian Doyle-Murray (man), Douglas Kenney (man)
Produced by: Douglas Kenney (man)
Shot by: Stevan Larner (man)
Edited by: Robert Barrere (gender not listed), William C. Carruth (man)
Music by: Johnny Mandel (man)
Production design by: Stan Jolley (man)
Cast by: Wallis Nicita (gender not listed)