Passes the Bechdel test
Judge Dredd
1995. Directed by Danny Cannon, written by Michael De Luca and William Wisher and Steven E. de Souza.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 11 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 69. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
In the overcrowded sprawl of Mega City One, Judge Dredd serves as the most feared enforcer of a legal system that grants Judges total authority over crime and punishment. After Fergee is swept back into custody during a violent gang conflict, Dredd continues his relentless duties while escaped convict Rico secretly returns to the city. A series of murders soon places suspicion on Dredd himself, culminating in a public trial that overturns his reputation and removes him from power. As Hershey investigates inconsistencies in the case, buried secrets tied to a classified genetic program begin to surface. Forced into exile alongside the reluctant Fergee, Dredd uncovers evidence of a wider plot that threatens the stability of Mega City One and the future of the Judge order.
- Released
- 30 Jun 1995
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.6 / 10
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Dredd 124 lines, man
- Hershey 70 lines, woman
- Rico 66 lines, man
- Fergie 60 lines, man
- Griffin 48 lines, man
- Central 32 lines, woman
- Fargo 19 lines, man
- Mcgruder 16 lines, woman
- Olmeyer 14 lines, man
- Ilsa 10 lines, woman
Full cast, 51 people
- Sylvester Stallone as Judge Joseph Dredd
- Diane Lane as Judge Hershey
- Armand Assante as Rico
- Rob Schneider as Herman 'Fergee' Ferguson
- Jürgen Prochnow as Judge Griffin
- Max von Sydow as Chief Justice Fargo
- Christopher Adamson as Mean Machine
- Joanna Miles as Judge Evelyn McGruder
- Joan Chen as Dr. Ilsa Hayden
- Balthazar Getty as Cadet Nathan Olmeyer
- Maurice Roëves as Warden Miller
- Ian Dury as Geiger
- Ewen Bremner as Junior Angel
- Peter Marinker as Judge Carlos Esposito
- Martin McDougall as Twist
- Mitchell Ryan as Vartis Hammond
- Scott Wilson as Pa Angel
- Angus MacInnes as Judge Silver
- Louise Delamere as Locker Judge
- Phil Smeeton as Fink Angel
- Steve Toussaint as Hunter Squad Leader
- Bradley Lavelle as Chief Judge Hunter
- Mark Morghan as Judge Killed by Robot
- Ed Stobart as Barge Crew Member
- Huggy Leaver as Brutal Prisoner
- Lex Daniel as Brisco
- John Blakey as Border Guard
- Howard Grace as Pilot
- Dig Wayne as Reggie
- Ashley Artus as Squatter 1
- Christopher Glover as Squatter 2
- Brendan Fleming as Squatter 3
- Stephen Lord as Zed Squatter
- Phil Kingston as Zed Squatter 2
- Ewan Bailey as Aspen Guard
- Stuart Mullen as Co-Pilot
- Pat Starr as Lily Hammond
- James Earl Jones as Narrator (uncredited)
- Adrienne Barbeau as Voice of Central Computer (uncredited)
- James Remar as Block Warlord (uncredited)
- Charlie Condou as Cadet (uncredited)
- James Bowden as Prison Officer JRB007 (uncredited)
- Alan Bond as Rioter (uncredited)
- Ryan Gage as Young Thief (uncredited)
- Tony Montalbano as Young Cadet (uncredited)
- Al Sapienza as Young Judge (uncredited)
- Elly Fairman as Cadet (uncredited)
- Mark Moraghan as Jodge Monroe (uncredited)
- Amelia Curtis as Blonde Cadet (uncredited)
- Sam Barriscale as Cadet Mark (uncredited)
- Adam Henderson as Fuppie
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 13% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 69
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 to 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 to 10 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 to 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 to 16 | 2 | 25 |
| 17 to 18 | 9 | 8 |
| 19 to 20 | 3 | 12 |
| 21 to 22 | 3 | 18 |
| 23 to 24 | 25 | 24 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 28 | 5 | 25 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 to 42 | 10 | 6 |
| 43 to 44 | 0 | 15 |
| 45 to 46 | 9 | 21 |
| 47 to 48 | 4 | 20 |
| 49 to 50 | 3 | 6 |
| 51 to 52 | 6 | 6 |
| 53 to 54 | 5 | 11 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 3 |
| 57 to 58 | 10 | 9 |
| 59 to 60 | 8 | 10 |
| 61 to 62 | 19 | 48 |
| 63 to 64 | 2 | 6 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 to 68 | 9 | 33 |
| 69 to 69 | 1 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
CENTRAL: DNA sample purged. If you wish to proceed with cloning, I will require a new sample. ILSA: What are you doing?
ILSA: Bitch! HERSHEY: Judge Bitch, to you! Hershey CLOBBERS her with a right!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 27 are women's.
146 lines from women, 392 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
8 women and 36 men in the cast. 11 women and 40 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 23 of 619.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 31 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 26% of the words (2,325), men 74% (6,511). Women have 27% 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
6
Two men
52
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 18% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Danny Cannon (man)
- Written by
- Steven E. de Souza (man), William Wisher (man)
- Story by
- William Wisher (man), Michael De Luca (man)
- Produced by
- Tony Munafo (man), Charles Lippincott (man), Beau Marks (man), Susan Nicoletti (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Adrian Biddle (man)
- Edited by
- Harry Keramidas (man), Alex Mackie (woman)
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri (man)
- Production design by
- Nigel Phelps (man)
- Costumes by
- Emma Porteous (woman)
- Cast by
- Jackie Burch (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
3 women, 9 men, 1 not listed
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Art
1 women, 7 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Production
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men
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Writing
0 women, 6 men
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 40 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Diane Lane 30, Joan Chen 34, Joanna Miles 55
Men
Balthazar Getty 20, Rob Schneider 31, Christopher Adamson 39, Armand Assante 45, Sylvester Stallone 48, Jürgen Prochnow 54, Max von Sydow 66
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $90 million
- Box office
- $113 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 69 scenes and 619 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
