Fails the Bechdel test
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989. Directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Jeffrey Boam and George Lucas and Menno Meyjes.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
-
Yes
1. At least two women
6 women characters. 3 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 0 out of 3.
The film
An art collector appeals to Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure of heart.
- Released
- 24 May 1989
- Genres
- Adventure
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 8.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 65 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 24 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Indy 331 lines, man
- Henry 148 lines, man
- Elsa 74 lines, woman
- Donovan 59 lines, man
- Brody 58 lines, man
- Sallah 28 lines, man
- Vogel 26 lines, man
- Fedora 13 lines, man
- Kazim 12 lines, man
- Roscoe 9 lines, man
Full cast, 68 people
- Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones
- Sean Connery as Professor Henry Jones
- Denholm Elliott as Marcus Brody
- Alison Doody as Elsa
- John Rhys-Davies as Sallah
- Julian Glover as Walter Donovan
- River Phoenix as Young Indy
- Michael Byrne as Vogel
- Kevork Malikyan as Kazım
- Robert Eddison as Grail Knight
- Richard Young as Fedora
- Alexei Sayle as Sultan
- Alex Hyde-White as Young Henry
- Paul Maxwell as Panama Hat
- Isla Blair as Mrs. Donovan
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Butler
- J.J. Hardy as Herman
- Bradley Gregg as Roscoe
- Jeff O'Haco as Half Breed
- Vince Deadrick Sr. as Rough Rider
- Marc Miles as Sheriff
- Ted Grossman as Deputy Sheriff
- Tim Hiser as Young Panama Hat
- Larry Sanders as Scout Master
- Will Miles as Scout #1
- David Murray as Scout #2
- Frederick Jaeger as World War One Ace
- Jerry Harte as Professor Stanton
- Billy J. Mitchell as Dr. Mulbray
- Martin Gordon as Man at Hitler Rally
- Paul Humpoletz as German Officer at Hitler Rally
- Tom Branch as Hatay Soldier in Temple
- Graeme Crowther as Zeppelin Crewman
- Luke Hanson as Principal SS Officer at Castle
- Chris Jenkinson as Officer at Castle
- Nicola Scott as Female Officer at Castle
- Louis Sheldon as Young Officer at Castle
- Stefan Kalipha as Hatay Tank Gunner
- Peter Pacey as Hatay Tank Driver
- Pat Roach as Gestapo
- Suzanne Roquette as Film Director
- Eugene Lipinski as G-Man
- George Malpas as Man on Zeppelin
- Julie Eccles as Irene
- Nina Armstrong as Flower Girl
- Vic Armstrong as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Dickey Beer as German Agent (uncredited)
- Jack Carter as SS Soldier (uncredited)
- Graham Cole as Henchman (uncredited)
- Bert Crome as Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- Peter Diamond as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Hugh Elton as Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- Albert Evansky as Librarian (uncredited)
- Norman Gay as Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- Nick Gillard as Tank Crewman Hit by Periscope (uncredited)
- Martin Grace as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Paul Heasman as Castle Brunwald Officer (uncredited)
- Colin Hunt as German Officer (uncredited)
- Ronald Lacey as Gestapo (uncredited)
- Derek Lyons as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Paul Markham as Airport Passenger SA Officer (uncredited)
- Wayne Michaels as German Agent (uncredited)
- Orla Pederson as Gestapo (uncredited)
- Lee Richards as Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- Michael Sheard as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
- Lee Sheward as Radio Op (uncredited)
- Tip Tipping as Tank Crewman (uncredited)
- Chris Webb as Castle Brunwald Radio Officer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 146
Hover, tap or tab to a bar to see those scenes: where they happen and who's talking.
Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 to 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 to 20 | 0 | 30 |
| 21 to 24 | 2 | 17 |
| 25 to 28 | 1 | 33 |
| 29 to 32 | 0 | 25 |
| 33 to 36 | 13 | 16 |
| 37 to 40 | 18 | 42 |
| 41 to 44 | 2 | 4 |
| 45 to 48 | 1 | 33 |
| 49 to 52 | 9 | 12 |
| 53 to 56 | 2 | 3 |
| 57 to 60 | 2 | 13 |
| 61 to 64 | 7 | 84 |
| 65 to 68 | 6 | 71 |
| 69 to 72 | 2 | 5 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 to 80 | 0 | 11 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 26 |
| 85 to 88 | 5 | 24 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 28 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 17 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 3 |
| 105 to 108 | 2 | 39 |
| 109 to 112 | 0 | 21 |
| 113 to 116 | 0 | 1 |
| 117 to 120 | 0 | 4 |
| 121 to 124 | 0 | 2 |
| 125 to 128 | 0 | 1 |
| 129 to 132 | 0 | 3 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 3 |
| 137 to 140 | 0 | 17 |
| 141 to 144 | 7 | 97 |
| 145 to 146 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
79 lines from women, 736 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
6 women and 51 men in the cast. 3 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 99 of 827.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 98 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 9% of the words (621), men 91% (6,058). Women have 10% 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
71
Exhibit E: behind the camera
4 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 12% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg (man)
- Written by
- Jeffrey Boam (man)
- Story by
- Menno Meyjes (man), George Lucas (man)
- Produced by
- Robert Watts (man)
- Shot by
- Douglas Slocombe (man)
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn (man)
- Music by
- John Williams (man)
- Production design by
- Elliot Scott (man)
- Costumes by
- Joanna Johnston (woman), Anthony Powell (man)
- Cast by
- Maggie Cartier (woman), Mike Fenton (man), Judy Taylor (woman), Valorie Massalas (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Other crew
0 women, 14 men, 4 not listed
-
Production
6 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 8 men
-
Art
0 women, 5 men
-
Writing
0 women, 5 men
-
Camera
0 women, 4 men
-
Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 22 on average. Men: 51 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Alison Doody 22
Men
River Phoenix 18, John Rhys-Davies 45, Michael Byrne 45, Kevork Malikyan 45, Harrison Ford 46, Julian Glover 54, Sean Connery 58, Denholm Elliott 66, Robert Eddison 80
Exhibit G: the money
It made 9.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $474 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 146 scenes and 827 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
