Passes the Bechdel test

Clear and Present Danger

Name: Clear and Present Danger
Released: 1994

1994. Directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Tom Clancy and Donald E. Stewart and Steven Zaillian.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
19 women characters. 6 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 127.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.

The film

After a wealthy American and his family are murdered, Jack Ryan is assigned to examine the circumstances surrounding the case. As Ryan follows financial connections leading toward a powerful Colombian cartel, President Bennett, James Cutter, and Robert Ritter push for increasingly aggressive responses behind the scenes. Meanwhile, cartel figures Ernesto Escobedo and Felix Cortez maneuver to protect their interests while exploiting divisions within the American government. With new evidence emerging and competing agendas taking shape, Ryan finds himself navigating a dangerous landscape where political calculations and covert operations place mounting pressure on every decision.

Released: 03 Aug 1994
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Metascore: 72 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Ryan 237 lines, man
Clark 70 lines, man
Cortez 53 lines, man
Greer 53 lines, man
President 50 lines
Escobedo 46 lines, man
Cathy 41 lines, woman
Ritter 36 lines, man
Morales 35 lines, man
Chavez 25 lines, man

Full cast, 87 people

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan
Willem Dafoe as John Clark
Joaquim de Almeida as Col. Felix V. Cortez
Henry Czerny as CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter
Harris Yulin as National Security Advisor James Cutter
Donald Moffat as President Bennett
Miguel Sandoval as Ernesto Escobedo
Raymond Cruz as Domingo Chavez
Anne Archer as Dr. Cathy Ryan
Thora Birch as Sally Ryan
Benjamin Bratt as Captain Ramirez
Dean Jones as Judge Moore
Ann Magnuson as Moira Wolfson
James Earl Jones as Admiral James Greer
Hope Lange as Senator Mayo
Tom Tammi as FBI Director Emile Jacobs
Greg Germann as Petey
Tim Grimm as Dan Murray
Belita Moreno as Jean Fowler
Jorge Luke as Sipo
Ellen Geer as Rose
Jared Chandler as Insertion Team Radioman
Ted Raimi as Satellite Analyst
Vondie Curtis-Hall as Voice-Print Analyst
John Lafayette as CIA Analyst
Beau Lotterman as CIA Analyst
Rex Linn as Washington Detective
Ken Howard as Committee Chairman
Alexander Lester as John Ryan Jr.
Reg E. Cathey as Sergeant Major
Clark Gregg as Staff Sergeant
Chris Conrad as Sniper Sergeant
Vaughn Armstrong as Blackhawk Pilot
John Putch as Blackhawk Co-Pilot
Colleen Flynn as Coast Guard Captain
Reed Diamond as Coast Guard Chief
Cam Brainard as Coast Guardsman
Brendan Ford as Coast Guardsman
Michael Jace as Coast Guardsman
Patrick Bauchau as Enrique Rojas
Aaron Lustig as Dr. Polk
Lynne Marie Stewart as Greer's Secretary
John Rixey Moore as Spook
Jaime Gomez as Sergeant Oso
Miguel Pérez as DEA Agent
R.A. Rondell as MC Driver
Peter Weireter as FBI Director’s Bodyguard
Blanca Guerra as Escobedo's Wife
Diana Sowle as Cartel Maid
Victor Palmieri as Ambassador Ferris
Trip Hamilton as White House Guard
Cameron Thor as DEA Surveillance Agent
Harley Venton as DEA Agent
Juan Carlos Colombo as Cortez's Bodyguard
Rufino Echegoyen as Escobedo's Driver
Honorato Magaloni as Mining Company Manager
Mario Iván Martínez as Chemist
Eduardo Andrade as Eduardo
Hector Teller as Hector
Alejandro Bracho as Fernandez
Robert Arratia as Colombian Hitman
Eliot Ferrer as Colombian Hitman
David J. Negrón Jr. as Cartel Accountant
Michael A. Mendez as Cartel Gunman
Michael A. Mendez as Cartel Member
Kamala Lopez as Venezuelan Telephonist
Guillermo Ríos as Gate House Guard
Alejandro De Hoyos as Spanish Reporter
Alejandro De Hoyos as CNN Reporter
Barbara Harrison as TV Reporter
Mark Bailey as Reporter
Elizabeth Dennehy as Reporter
Patricia Belcher as INS Officer
Tom Isbell as Restaurant Doctor
Kim Flowers as Restaurant Hostess
Claudia Lobo as Ritter's Wife
Al Verdun as Ritter's Secretary
Catherine MacNeal as Greer's Nurse
Denice Kumagai as Nurse
Marjorie Lovett as President's Secretary
Lee Bear as Cutter's Bodyguard
Glenn E. Coats as Hotel Clerk
Kevin Cooney as CIA Counsel
Lis Kern as Horse Trainer
Thomas Luskey as Homicide Detective
Tom Bower as Clark's Pilot (uncredited)
Christine Moore as Greer’s Widow

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 23% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 127

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	1
4 to 6	1	29
7 to 9	0	30
10 to 12	0	30
13 to 15	20	28
16 to 18	0	42
19 to 21	0	13
22 to 24	0	13
25 to 27	0	4
28 to 30	0	1
31 to 33	0	4
34 to 36	0	18
37 to 39	2	21
40 to 42	2	2
43 to 45	0	7
46 to 48	9	35
49 to 51	0	6
52 to 54	0	6
55 to 57	1	8
58 to 60	2	24
61 to 63	0	14
64 to 66	2	30
67 to 69	0	6
70 to 72	1	9
73 to 75	0	41
76 to 78	0	19
79 to 81	0	18
82 to 84	0	12
85 to 87	0	48
88 to 90	2	9
91 to 93	0	1
94 to 96	1	13
97 to 99	0	9
100 to 102	0	14
103 to 105	3	5
106 to 108	0	38
109 to 111	11	20
112 to 114	0	7
115 to 117	0	13
118 to 120	0	7
121 to 123	0	28
124 to 126	1	37
127 to 127	4	17

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scene

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

CATHY: Full time? I'm impressed. "'- I SALLY: Mom-meet Help me! CATHY: Coming, Sal. She turns back to Ryan, smiles, wicked-like. CATHY: A~ I recall, limos have very large l:>ack seats.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 8 are women's.

62 lines from women, 737 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

19 women and 52 men in the cast. 6 women and 21 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 41 of 1,042. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 170 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 6% of the words (555), men 94% (8,692). Women have 8% 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

2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Phillip Noyce (man)
Written by: Steven Zaillian (man), John Milius (man), Donald E. Stewart (man)
From the novel by: Tom Clancy (man)
Produced by: Mace Neufeld (man), Robert Rehme (man)
Shot by: Donald McAlpine (man)
Edited by: Neil Travis (man)
Music by: James Horner (man)
Production design by: Terence Marsh (man)
Cast by: Mindy Marin (woman), Claudia Becker (woman)