Passes the Bechdel test
Porky's
1982. Directed by Bob Clark, written by Bob Clark.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
13 women characters. 10 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 80. -
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
In 1954, a group of teenage male students of Florida's Angel Beach High School are determined to lose their virginity. They embark on games of sexual innuendo with female classmates whose activities Billy, Tommy, and Pee Wee witness via their secret surveillance. Pee Wee is the most desperate, which gets him into one predicament after another, besides constantly being the butt of pranks. Good guy Tim deals with his learned racism that surfaces with the arrival of new student Brian Schwartz, who is Jewish. Meanwhile, new Boys' Phys Ed coach Roy Brackett is attracted to cheerleading coach Miss Lynn Honeywell, who is attracted to him but doesn't want to go all the way. Coach Brackett's goal is to find out why Coach Warren has nicknamed Miss Honeywell "Lassie." All these goings-on offend the sensibilities of the Girls' Phys Ed coach, Miss Beulah Balbricker, who takes it upon herself to maintain the moral standards of the school. When the boys' mission stalls, Mickey, whose brother Ted is the local sheriff, suggests that they go to Porky's, a bar and unofficial brothel in neighboring Wallacetown in the middle of the Everglades, to lose their virginity. Porky's is owned by the violent Porky, whose actions are supported by his sheriff brother. The boys' experience at Porky's leads to a feud between the boys and Porky and his posse, the boys' collective anger fueled by Mickey. They will learn that they may not be able to beat Porky with their fists, but they might be able to do so with a little ingenuity, which may hurt Porky more in the long run.
- Released
- 19 Mar 1982
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 40 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Tommy 90 lines, man
- Pee Wee 78 lines, man
- Mickey 77 lines, man
- Billy 64 lines, man
- Ted 30 lines, man
- Tim 30 lines, man
- Porky 28 lines, man
- Meat 24 lines, man
- Brian 20 lines, man
- Wendy 20 lines, woman
Full cast, 44 people
- Dan Monahan as Pee Wee
- Mark Herrier as Billy
- Wyatt Knight as Tommy
- Roger Wilson as Micky
- Cyril O'Reilly as Tim
- Tony Ganios as Meat
- Kaki Hunter as Wendy
- Kim Cattrall as Honeywell
- Art Hindle as Ted Jarvis
- Doug McGrath as Coach Warren
- Susan Clark as Cherry Forever
- Nancy Parsons as Balbricker
- Alex Karras as Sheriff Wallace
- Scott Colomby as Brian Schwartz
- Boyd Gaines as Coach Brackett
- Wayne Maunder as Cavanaugh
- Chuck Mitchell as Porky
- Eric Christmas as Mr. Carter
- Bill Hindman as Coach Goodenough
- John Henry Redwood as Conklin
- Jack Mulcahy as Frank
- Rod Ball as Steve
- Allene Simmons as Jackie
- Julian Byrd as Cop no. 1
- Bill Fuller as Cop no. 2
- Will Knickerbocker as Bartender
- Bill Wohrman as Ted's Partner
- Roger Womack as Bouncer no. 2
- Gary Maas as Deputy no. 2
- Ilse Earl as Mrs. Morris
- Jill Whitlow as Mindy
- Pat Finn-Lee as Stripper
- Terry Guthrie as Miss Walker
- Joanne Marsic as Waitress
- Peter Conrad as Mule Train Driver
- Butch Raymond as Deputy no. 1
- Cash Baron as Bouncer no. 1
- Cash Spadard as Bouncer no. 3
- Lisa O'Reilly as Ginny
- Cathy Garpershak as Girl in Shower
- Jon Cecka as Markin Highpockets
- Don Daynard as Radio Announcer
- Maxine Wasa as Cheerleader (uncredited)
- Carl Zittrer as Piano Player at Porky's (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 19% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 80
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 8 | 78 |
| 5 to 6 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 to 12 | 12 | 18 |
| 13 to 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 to 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 to 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 to 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 to 24 | 6 | 57 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 20 |
| 27 to 28 | 0 | 54 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 17 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 22 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 4 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 19 |
| 39 to 40 | 7 | 24 |
| 41 to 42 | 10 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 5 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 9 |
| 49 to 50 | 4 | 17 |
| 51 to 52 | 4 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 0 | 24 |
| 55 to 56 | 0 | 28 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 3 |
| 63 to 64 | 0 | 4 |
| 65 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 to 70 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 to 72 | 0 | 4 |
| 73 to 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 to 76 | 0 | 1 |
| 77 to 78 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 to 80 | 6 | 20 |
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.
ISS BALBRICKER: Miss Honeywel ... do you mind? ISS HONEYWELL: · Do I mind wha ? · ISS BALBRICKER: You know what m talking about. It's disgusti , the two of you squirming abo. like a pair of eels in heat. You 're a disgrace. 641564C. {; D ISS HONEYWELL: Yeah, well it eats stompin' and. waddling aroun 1 ike a frigid hippopotann.is, eulah.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.
71 lines from women, 506 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
13 women and 30 men in the cast. 10 women and 37 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 149 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 14% of the words (1,158), men 86% (6,999). Women have 12% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
2
Two men
62
Exhibit F: behind the camera
2 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Bob Clark (man)
- Written by
- Bob Clark (man)
- Produced by
- Bob Clark (man), Don Carmody (man)
- Shot by
- Reginald H. Morris (man)
- Edited by
- Stan Cole (man)
- Music by
- Paul Zaza (man), Carl Zittrer (man)
- Production design by
- Reuben Freed (man)
- Costumes by
- Mary E. McLeod (woman), Larry S. Wells (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Jane Feinberg (woman), Mike Fenton (man)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Production
1 women, 5 men, 3 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 6 men
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Art
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 0 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 26 on average. Men: 29 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Kim Cattrall 25, Kaki Hunter 26
Men
Tony Ganios 22, Cyril O'Reilly 23, Roger Wilson 25, Dan Monahan 26, Wyatt Knight 26, Mark Herrier 27, Art Hindle 33, Doug McGrath 46
Exhibit H: the money
It made 40.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $4 million
- Box office
- $160 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 80 scenes and 708 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
