Fails the Bechdel test

Crime Spree

Name: Crime Spree
Released: 2003

2003. Directed by Brad Mirman, written by Brad Mirman.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
9 women characters. 7 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

An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.

Released: 16 Apr 2003
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.4 / 10
Awards: 1 win
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Sami 146 lines, man
Daniel 144 lines, man
Zammito 106 lines, man
Marcel 63 lines, man
Raymond 60 lines, man
Julien 56 lines, man
Agent Hadley 55 lines, man
Sophie 50 lines, woman
Bonanno 35 lines, man
Bastaldi 34 lines, man

Full cast, 45 people

Gérard Depardieu as Daniel Foray
Harvey Keitel as Frankie Zammeti
Johnny Hallyday as Marcel Burot
Renaud as Zéro
Saïd Taghmaoui as Sami
Stéphane Freiss as Julien Labesse
Shawn Lawrence as Agent Pogue
Albert Dray as Raymond Gayet
Joanne Kelly as Sophie Nicols
Richard Bohringer as Bastaldi
Abe Vigoda as Angelo Giancarlo
Gino Marrocco as Joey Two Tons
Sal Figliomeni as Nicky The Rake
Diego Chambers as Raphael
Carlos Diaz as Hector
K.C. Collins as Lamar (as Chris Collins)
Michel Perron as Vinny
Louis Di Bianco as Bobby Vee
Jeff Geddis as Wayne
Joyce Gordon as Waitress
Dwayne McLean as Old Man Caretaker
Rick Sood as Store Clerk
Camillo Eugene Natale as Half Tooth Tony (as Cam Natale)
Phillip MacKenzie as FBI Agent
Lory Wajnberg as Joey's Wife
Ron Kennell as Felix
Scotty Watson as Motel Clerk (as Scott Watson)
Lyriq Bent as Ellwood
P.J. Ingram as Deaf Guy
Garnet Harding as Gang Member #1
Geoffrey Coulter as Car Rental Clerk
Reginald Doresa as Eddie the Hare
Billy Khoury as Freddy O
Richard Bauer as Man on Phone
Kiera Belley as Little Girl (as Kiera Kelley)
Liz Gordon as Receptionist
Philip Marshall as Large Man
Rhona Shekter as Judge
J.C. Kenny as TV Reporter
Plato Fountidakis as Gang Member #2
Hakan Coskuner as Gang Member #3
Grace Armas as Maid (uncredited)
Ho Chow as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Patrick Ezerzer as French Mobster (uncredited)
Vania Giusto as Angie (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 5 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 212

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 5	0	12
6 to 10	0	12
11 to 15	0	72
16 to 20	0	31
21 to 25	15	38
26 to 30	2	12
31 to 35	14	38
36 to 40	1	9
41 to 45	0	44
46 to 50	0	2
51 to 55	0	15
56 to 60	0	47
61 to 65	5	10
66 to 70	0	13
71 to 75	5	54
76 to 80	0	11
81 to 85	10	43
86 to 90	5	38
91 to 95	6	38
96 to 100	0	31
101 to 105	0	7
106 to 110	2	49
111 to 115	0	11
116 to 120	0	28
121 to 125	0	1
126 to 130	0	2
131 to 135	0	5
136 to 140	0	16
141 to 145	0	17
146 to 150	0	12
151 to 155	1	1
156 to 160	0	1
161 to 165	0	27
166 to 170	0	46
171 to 175	0	20
176 to 180	1	9
181 to 185	0	22
186 to 190	0	17
191 to 195	0	8
196 to 200	0	11
201 to 205	0	4
206 to 210	0	5
211 to 212	0	13

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, 7 are women's.

67 lines from women, 902 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

9 women and 30 men in the cast. 7 women and 27 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 132 of 992. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 131 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 (576), men 94% (9,024). Women have 7% 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

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 10% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Brad Mirman (man)
Written by: Brad Mirman (man)
Produced by: Jamie Brown (man), Richard Rionda Del Castro (man), Gary Howsam (man), Perry Santos (gender not listed)
Shot by: Derek Rogers (man), Matthew Williams (man)
Edited by: Eddie Hamilton (man)
Music by: Rupert Gregson-Williams (man)
Production design by: Gordon Barnes (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Gersha Phillips (woman)
Cast by: Dean E. Fronk (man), Marjorie Lecker (woman), Donald Paul Pemrick (man)