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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1998. Directed by Guy Ritchie, written by Guy Ritchie.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

0 / 3

Fails

  1. No 1. At least two women
    Fewer than two women characters.
  2. No 2. Who talk to each other
    Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
  3. No 3. About something besides a man
    Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

Poster for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

The film

Four friends become entangled in a chaotic scheme after a high-stakes card game goes wrong. They navigate London's criminal underworld, facing thieves, gangsters, and double-crosses. The film blends crime, dark comedy, and intricate plotting, exploring luck, friendship, deception, and the consequences of impulsive decisions within a morally ambiguous society.

Released
28 Aug 1998
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Rated
R
IMDb
8.1 / 10
Metascore
67 / 100
Awards
Won 1 BAFTA Award. 13 wins & 9 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Eddy 103 lines, man
  2. Tom 70 lines, man
  3. Dog 57 lines, man
  4. Bacon 56 lines, man
  5. Hatchet 51 lines, man
  6. Soap 48 lines, man
  7. Big Chris 39 lines, man
  8. Winston 34 lines, man
  9. Plank 32 lines, man
  10. Dean 27 lines, man
Full cast, 44 people
  • Vinnie Jones as Big Chris
  • Jason Flemyng as Tom
  • Dexter Fletcher as Soap
  • Nick Moran as Eddy
  • Jason Statham as Bacon
  • Steven Mackintosh as Winston
  • Nicholas Rowe as J
  • Nick Marcq as Charles
  • Charles Forbes as Willie
  • Lenny McLean as Barry the Baptist
  • Peter McNicholl as Little Chris
  • P.H. Moriarty as 'Hatchet' Harry Lonsdale
  • Frank Harper as Dog
  • Steve Sweeney as Plank
  • Huggy Leaver as Paul
  • Ronnie Fox as Mickey
  • Tony McMahon as John
  • Stephen Marcus as Nick the Greek
  • Vas Blackwood as Rory Breaker
  • Sting as JD
  • Jake Abraham as Dean
  • Rob Brydon as Traffic Warden
  • Stephen Callender-Ferrier as Lenny
  • Steve Collins as Boxing Gym Bouncer
  • Elwin 'Chopper' David as Nathan
  • Vera Day as Tanya
  • Jimmy Flint as Don
  • Alan Ford as Alan / Narrator
  • Sydney Golder as Phil
  • Alex Hall as Slick
  • John Houchin as Doorman
  • Derek Howard as Policeman
  • Danny John-Jules as Barfly Jack
  • Bal Jusar as Gordon
  • Tim Maurice-Jones as Drowning Man
  • Victor McGuire as Gary
  • Mark Mooney as Serg
  • Suzy Ratner as Gloria
  • David Reid as Samoan Jo
  • Graham Stevens as Policeman
  • James Tarbuck as John O'Driscoll
  • Andrew Tiernan as Man in Pub
  • Richard Vanstone as Frazer
  • Matthew Vaughn as Yuppy in Car

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 140

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 309
4 to 6019
7 to 9027
10 to 12017
13 to 15033
16 to 18014
19 to 21022
22 to 24022
25 to 27021
28 to 3004
31 to 3307
34 to 3602
37 to 39011
40 to 42030
43 to 45128
46 to 4805
49 to 5109
52 to 54012
55 to 57041
58 to 60022
61 to 63014
64 to 66010
67 to 69014
70 to 7209
73 to 7509
76 to 78018
79 to 81022
82 to 84018
85 to 87018
88 to 90014
91 to 9306
94 to 9607
97 to 99020
100 to 10207
103 to 105013
106 to 108020
109 to 11106
112 to 11400
115 to 11701
118 to 12003
121 to 123018
124 to 126019
127 to 129012
130 to 132012
133 to 135014
136 to 138026
139 to 14007

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, 0 are women's.

1 lines from women, 692 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

1 women and 35 men in the cast. 0 women and 31 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 258 of 720. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 462 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 0% of the words (1), men 100% (9,450).

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

Exhibit E: behind the camera

3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 20% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Guy Ritchie (man)
Written by
Guy Ritchie (man)
Produced by
Matthew Vaughn (man)
Shot by
Tim Maurice-Jones (man)
Edited by
Niven Howie (man)
Music by
John Murphy (man), David A. Hughes (man)
Production design by
Iain Andrews (gender not listed), Eve Mavrakis (woman)
Costumes by
Stephanie Collie (woman)
Cast by
Guy Ritchie (man), Celestia Fox (woman)

The crew, department by department

  • Art

    1 women, 1 men, 2 not listed

  • Other crew

    1 women, 3 men

  • Directing

    0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed

  • Sound

    0 women, 4 men

  • Production

    1 women, 2 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men

  • Costume & Make-Up

    1 women, 0 men

  • Editing

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit F: how old the stars were

Men: 33 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Men

Nick Moran 28, Jason Flemyng 31, Jason Statham 31, Steven Mackintosh 31, Nicholas Rowe 31, Dexter Fletcher 32, Vinnie Jones 33, Lenny McLean 49

Exhibit G: the money

It made 21.0 times what it cost.

Budget
$1.4 million
Box office
$28.4 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 140 scenes and 720 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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