Fails the Bechdel test
Disorderlies
1987. Directed by Michael Schultz, written by Mark Feldberg and Mitchell Klebanoff.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 6 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
Winslow needs money now to pay off gambling debts. If only his rich uncle Albert would die. But his orderlies are very good. Maybe by hiring three of the worst orderlies around, he can speed things up. Fortunately for him, he finds Markie, Buffy, and Kool, who have just been fired from their last job. With them around, he should have the money real soon.
- Released
- 14 Aug 1987
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 5.1 / 10
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Markie 85 lines, man
- Buffy 68 lines, man
- Lowry 53 lines, man
- Kool 47 lines, man
- Albert 40 lines, man
- Int 13 lines, man
- Bledsoe 12 lines, man
- Carla 12 lines, woman
- Ext 5 lines, man
- Mean-Looking Guy 5 lines, man
Full cast, 36 people
- Mark Morales as Markie
- Darren Robinson as Buffy
- Damon Wimbley as Kool
- Ralph Bellamy as Albert Dennison
- Troy Byer as Carla
- Tony Plana as Miguel
- Anthony Geary as Winslow Lowry
- Robert V. Barron as Funeral Home Director
- Ray Parker Jr. as Pizza Deliveryman
- Julie K. Smith as Skinny Dipper #2
- Rick Nielsen as Car Jacked Guy
- Lisa Kingston as Dealer
- Brian Wilson as Himself
- Bruce Johnston as Himself
- Mike Love as Himself
- Marco RodrÃguez as Luis Montana
- Helen Reddy as Happy Socialite
- Jim Jackman as Orderly #1
- Don Woodard as Orderly #2
- Charles Green as Orderly #3
- Joseph R. Sicari as Nursing Home Owner
- Jo Marie Payton as Kool's Mother
- Linda Hopkins as Buffy's Mother
- Brian Moore as Chauffeur
- Don Hood as Sgt. Bledsoe
- Garth Wilton as George the Butler
- Tetchie Agbayani as Lily
- Yvette Holland Vasquez as Lady #2
- Donnie Simpson as Roller Rink DJ
- Sam Chew Jr. as Doctor
- Brant von Hoffman as Electrician
- Gary Carlos Cervantes as Montana Man #1
- Joseph Whipp as Cop #1
- Terry Burns as Cop #2
- Rick Zumwalt as Huge Cop
- Rick Nielsen as Hijacked Car Driver
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 12
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 to 3 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 to 4 | 0 | 67 |
| 5 to 5 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 to 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 to 8 | 0 | 58 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 to 10 | 5 | 76 |
| 11 to 11 | 1 | 67 |
| 12 to 12 | 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, 7 are women's.
30 lines from women, 393 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
7 women and 28 men in the cast. 6 women and 40 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 6 of 452.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 114 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 (310), men 94% (5,202). 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
0
Two men
35
Exhibit E: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Schultz (man)
- Written by
- Mitchell Klebanoff (man), Mark Feldberg (man)
- Produced by
- George Jackson (man), Michael Jaffe (man), Michael Schultz (man), Doug McHenry (man)
- Shot by
- Rolf Kestermann (man)
- Edited by
- Ned Humphreys (gender not listed)
- Music by
- Anne Dudley (woman), J.J. Jeczalik (man)
- Production design by
- George Costello (man)
- Costumes by
- Susie DeSanto (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
1 women, 14 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
4 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Art
1 women, 4 men, 9 not listed
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Production
5 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
2 women, 5 men, 4 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 4 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Lighting
0 women, 1 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 21 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Julie K. Smith 19, Troy Byer 22
Men
Mark Morales 19, Darren Robinson 20, Damon Wimbley 20, Ray Parker Jr. 33, Tony Plana 35, Anthony Geary 40, Robert V. Barron 54, Ralph Bellamy 83
Exhibit G: the money
What it cost and made, where TMDB lists it.
- Budget
- Not listed
- Box office
- $10.3 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 12 scenes and 452 lines of dialogue. How the test works
