Fails the Bechdel test
Code of Silence
1985. Directed by Andrew Davis, written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack and Mike Gray.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 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
Eddie Cusack is a Chicago police officer about to bust some members of the Comacho gang when the gang is shot up by a rival drug gang from the neighboring building, led by Tony Luna. Victor Comacho is the only survivor of the Comacho gang and his older brother, Luis, who is the leader of the gang, retaliates by killing Luna's family and kidnaps Luna's daughter, Diana. Cusack must face Tony Luna and Luis Comacho alone because nobody on the police force is willing to help him since he was the only cop who broke the code of silence by testifying against a fellow cop who killed an unarmed teenager, but Cusack is not really alone. A police robot called "Prowler" aides Cusack as he takes down the gangs.
- Released
- 03 May 1985
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 64 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Eddie 118 lines, man
- Kosalas 41 lines, man
- Donato 28 lines, man
- Diana 26 lines, woman
- Cragie 25 lines, man
- Kates 21 lines, man
- Partida 21 lines, woman
- Pirelli 17 lines, man
- Brennan 14 lines, man
- Music 14 lines, man
Full cast, 51 people
- Chuck Norris as Eddie Cusack
- Mike Genovese as Tony Luna
- Henry Silva as Luis Comacho
- Bert Remsen as Commander Kates
- Ralph Foody as Cragie
- Nathan Davis as Felix Scalese
- Allen Hamilton as Ted Pirelli
- Joe Guzaldo as Det. Nick Kopalas
- Molly Hagan as Diana Luna
- Ron Dean as Det. Brennan
- Dennis Farina as Det. Dorato
- Joseph F. Kosala as Kobas
- Wilbert Bradley as Spider
- Ron Henriquez as Victor Comacho
- Gene Barge as Det. Music
- Mario Nieves as Pompas
- Miguel Nino as Efren
- Lou Damiani as Gamiani
- Ronnie Barron as Doc
- Nydia Rodriguez Terracina as Partida
- Andre Marquis as Sanchez
- Howard Jackson as Officer Johnson
- Alex Stevens as Angel
- John Mahoney as Prowler Representative
- Dennis Cockrum as Hood in Tavern
- Zaid Farid as Hood in Tavern
- Don Pike as Hood on Yacht
- Les Podewell as Coroner
- Trish Schaefer as Molly Luna
- Jack Kandel as Eenie
- James Fierro as Vito
- Tom Letuli as Samo
- Gary Pike as Scalese's Driver (as Gary T. Pike)
- Martha Oton as Tony Luna's Mother
- Jeff Hoke as Gallery Artist
- Frank Strocchia as Police Gym Attendant
- Jack Decker as Dispatcher #1
- Sue Kelly as Dispatcher #2
- Michael E. Bradley as Dispatcher #3
- Sally Anne Waranch as Children's Counselor
- Jerry Tullos as Review Board Clerk
- Catalina Caceres as Grandmother at Hearing
- Shirley Kelly as Artist's Benefactor
- Angela Zimm as Gallery Person
- David Banoso as Camacho Thug (uncredited)
- David Hernandez as Court Observer (uncredited)
- Ross L. Kulma as Tailor (uncredited)
- Robert Minkoff as Bit (uncredited)
- Christine Wagner as Art Gallery Party Girl (uncredited)
- Robert Wall as Thug (uncredited)
- Bill Walters as Policeman in Kitchen (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 5 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 231
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 to 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 to 15 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 to 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 to 25 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 to 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 to 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 to 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 to 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 to 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 to 55 | 3 | 26 |
| 56 to 60 | 1 | 29 |
| 61 to 65 | 13 | 36 |
| 66 to 70 | 0 | 16 |
| 71 to 75 | 0 | 4 |
| 76 to 80 | 3 | 3 |
| 81 to 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 to 90 | 7 | 16 |
| 91 to 95 | 0 | 17 |
| 96 to 100 | 0 | 3 |
| 101 to 105 | 0 | 2 |
| 106 to 110 | 0 | 17 |
| 111 to 115 | 0 | 5 |
| 116 to 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 to 125 | 0 | 3 |
| 126 to 130 | 0 | 0 |
| 131 to 135 | 0 | 0 |
| 136 to 140 | 0 | 5 |
| 141 to 145 | 3 | 2 |
| 146 to 150 | 1 | 18 |
| 151 to 155 | 0 | 31 |
| 156 to 160 | 5 | 12 |
| 161 to 165 | 15 | 14 |
| 166 to 170 | 0 | 4 |
| 171 to 175 | 0 | 3 |
| 176 to 180 | 0 | 6 |
| 181 to 185 | 0 | 1 |
| 186 to 190 | 0 | 5 |
| 191 to 195 | 0 | 3 |
| 196 to 200 | 0 | 1 |
| 201 to 205 | 0 | 2 |
| 206 to 210 | 0 | 0 |
| 211 to 215 | 0 | 12 |
| 216 to 220 | 0 | 1 |
| 221 to 225 | 0 | 1 |
| 226 to 230 | 0 | 1 |
| 231 to 231 | 0 | 2 |
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.
51 lines from women, 350 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 25 men in the cast. 2 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 71 of 443.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 70 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (423), men 89% (3,474). 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
50
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 11 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Andrew Davis (man)
- Written by
- Mike Gray (man), Michael Butler (man), Dennis Shryack (man)
- Produced by
- Raymond Wagner (man)
- Edited by
- Christopher Holmes (gender not listed), Peter Parasheles (man)
- Music by
- David Michael Frank (man)
- Production design by
- Maher Ahmad (man)
- Cast by
- Nan Charbonneau (woman), Richard S. Kordos (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
0 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 3 men
-
Art
1 women, 1 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 50 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Molly Hagan 23
Men
Joe Guzaldo 25, Mike Genovese 43, Chuck Norris 45, Ron Dean 46, Ralph Foody 56, Henry Silva 58, Bert Remsen 60, Nathan Davis 67
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $7 million
- Box office
- $20.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 231 scenes and 443 lines of dialogue. How the test works
