Passes the Bechdel test
Logan's Run
1976. Directed by Michael Anderson, written by David Zelag Goodman and William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
10 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 39. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
It's 2274, and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society. Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform, and inhabitants are free to pursue all of the pleasures of life. There is one catch however: your life is limited and when you reach thirty, it is terminated in a quasi-religious ceremony known as "carrousel". Some, known as "runners", try to escape their fate when the time comes, and it's the job of Sandmen to track them down and kill them. Logan (Michael York) is such a man, and with several years before his own termination date, thinks nothing of the job he does. Soon after meeting a young woman, Jessica-6 (Jenny Agutter), he is ordered to become a runner and infiltrate a community outside the dome known as "Sanctuary" and to destroy it. Pursued by his friend Francis (Richard Jordan), also a Sandman, Logan and Jessica find their way to the outside. There, they discover a beautiful, virtually uninhabited world. Logan realizes that he must return to the dome to tell them what he's found and be set free.
- Released
- 23 Jun 1976
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 53 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 5 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Logan 246 lines, man
- Jessica 145 lines, woman
- Old Man 51 lines, man
- Francis 41 lines, man
- Box 26 lines, man
- Doc 20 lines, man
- Voice 13 lines
- Woman 13 lines, woman
- Holly 12 lines, woman
- Man 11 lines, man
Full cast, 33 people
- Michael York as Logan
- Richard Jordan as Francis
- Jenny Agutter as Jessica
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Box
- Farrah Fawcett as Holly
- Michael Anderson Jr. as Doc
- Peter Ustinov as Old Man
- Randolph Roberts as 2nd Sanctuary Man
- Lara Lindsay as The Woman Runner
- Gary Morgan as Billy
- Michelle Stacy as Mary 2
- Laura Hippe as Woman Customer
- David Westberg as Sandman
- Camilla Carr as Sanctuary Woman
- Greg Lewis as Cub
- Ashley Cox as Timid Girl
- Bill Couch as Sandman
- Glenn R. Wilder as Runner
- Joe L. Blevins as Last Day Character (uncredited)
- Roger Borden as Sandman Daniel (uncredited)
- Greg Bransom as Sand Man (uncredited)
- Paula Crist as City Dweller (uncredited)
- Virginia Ann Ford as The City Computer (uncredited)
- Chuck Gaylord as Cub (uncredited)
- Mitch Gaylord as Cub (uncredited)
- Johnny Haymer as (uncredited)
- Jessie Kirby as Confused City Dweller (uncredited)
- Greg Michaels as 3rd Sanctuary Man / Ambush Man (uncredited)
- Bob Neill as 1st Sanctuary Man (uncredited)
- Renie Radich as Love Shop Woman with Toy (uncredited)
- Candice Rialson as 1st Screamer in Logan's Apartment (uncredited)
- Cheryl Smith as Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
- Ron D. Thornton as Runner Great Hall (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 39
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 to 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 9 | 30 | 71 |
| 10 to 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 to 12 | 16 | 18 |
| 13 to 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 to 14 | 17 | 16 |
| 15 to 15 | 6 | 6 |
| 16 to 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 to 17 | 10 | 3 |
| 18 to 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 19 to 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 to 20 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 22 | 13 | 37 |
| 23 to 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 to 24 | 8 | 7 |
| 25 to 25 | 16 | 15 |
| 26 to 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 to 27 | 10 | 38 |
| 28 to 28 | 1 | 9 |
| 29 to 29 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 to 30 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 to 31 | 27 | 65 |
| 32 to 32 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 to 33 | 2 | 14 |
| 34 to 34 | 8 | 19 |
| 35 to 35 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 to 36 | 5 | 18 |
| 37 to 37 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 to 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JESSICA: Don't be afraid. JESSICA: What's your name? MARY: I'm Mary 2. JESSICA: Where do you live, Mary?
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.
182 lines from women, 427 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
10 women and 16 men in the cast. 6 women and 14 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 24 of 669.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 59 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 25% of the words (1,328), men 75% (4,003). Women have 30% 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
4
Two men
23
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 11 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 21% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Anderson (man)
- Written by
- David Zelag Goodman (man)
- From the novel by
- William F. Nolan (man), George Clayton Johnson (man)
- Produced by
- Saul David (man)
- Shot by
- Ernest Laszlo (man)
- Edited by
- Bob Wyman (man)
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith (man)
- Production design by
- Dale Hennesy (man)
- Costumes by
- Bill Thomas (man)
- Cast by
- Jack Baur (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
10 women, 21 men, 6 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Production
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men
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Editing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 38 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jenny Agutter 23, Farrah Fawcett 29, Lara Lindsay 34
Men
Gary Morgan 26, Randolph Roberts 28, Michael Anderson Jr. 32, Michael York 34, Richard Jordan 38, Roscoe Lee Browne 54, Peter Ustinov 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $9 million
- Box office
- $25 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 39 scenes and 669 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
