Passes the Bechdel test
Rosemary's Baby
1968. Directed by Roman Polanski, written by Ira Levin and Roman Polanski.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
16 women characters. 17 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 73. -
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
Rosemary Woodhouse, a young Catholic homemaker dreaming of starting a family, and Guy, her struggling actor husband, move into The Bramford, an imposing New York City building with a dark past. Surrounded by unsettling stories about mysterious residents and eerie occurrences, the new tenants befriend their amiable next-door neighbors, Roman and Minnie Castevet. Shortly after, Rosemary gets pregnant. At last, things are looking up. However, as alarming hints of a sinister conspiracy emerge, suspicion and mental agony get the best of her. Undoubtedly, the inexperienced mother-to-be is overreacting; no one wants to cut Rosemary off from her circle of friends. Then again, why is everyone so conveniently eager to help? Above all else, why is Guy allowing it?
- Released
- 12 Jun 1968
- Genres
- Drama, Horror
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 8 / 10
- Metascore
- 96 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 13 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Rosemary 505 lines, woman
- Guy 282 lines, man
- Mrs. Castevet 64 lines, woman
- Hutch 50 lines, man
- Mr. Castevet 36 lines, man
- Dr. Sapirstein 27 lines, man
- Terry 26 lines, woman
- Dr. Hill 19 lines, man
- Joan 18 lines
- Elise 13 lines, woman
Full cast, 34 people
- Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse
- John Cassavetes as Guy Woodhouse
- Ruth Gordon as Minnie Castevet
- Sidney Blackmer as Roman Castevet
- Maurice Evans as Hutch
- Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Sapirstein
- Victoria Vetri as Terry
- Patsy Kelly as Laura-Louise
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Mr. Nicklas
- Emmaline Henry as Elise Dunstan
- Charles Grodin as Dr. Hill
- Hanna Landy as Grace Cardiff
- Phil Leeds as Dr. Shand
- D'Urville Martin as Diego
- Hope Summers as Mrs. Gilmore
- Marianne Gordon as Rosemary's Girl Friend
- Wende Wagner as Rosemary's Girl Friend
- William Castle as Phone Booth Man (uncredited)
- Tony Curtis as Donald Baumgart (voice) (uncredited)
- Clay Tanner as The Devil (uncredited)
- Almira Sessions as Mrs. Sabatini (uncredited)
- Jean Inness as Sister Agnes (uncredited)
- Max Wagner as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
- Walter Baldwin as Mr. Wees (uncredited)
- Mona Knox as Mrs. Byron (uncredited)
- Craig Littler as Jimmy (uncredited)
- Patricia O'Neal as Mrs. Wees (uncredited)
- Carol Brewster as Claudia Comfort (uncredited)
- Robert Osterloh as Mr. Fountain (uncredited)
- George R. Robertson as Lou Comfort (uncredited)
- Elmer Modlin as Young Man (uncredited)
- Rutanya Alda as Dr. Hill's Answering Service (voice) (uncredited)
- Sharon Tate as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jamie Simone Gomez as Pedro (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 8% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 73
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 to 6 | 12 | 19 |
| 7 to 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 to 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 to 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 to 16 | 48 | 5 |
| 17 to 18 | 47 | 34 |
| 19 to 20 | 20 | 9 |
| 21 to 22 | 24 | 27 |
| 23 to 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 to 26 | 54 | 27 |
| 27 to 28 | 11 | 13 |
| 29 to 30 | 16 | 17 |
| 31 to 32 | 5 | 6 |
| 33 to 34 | 10 | 7 |
| 35 to 36 | 16 | 16 |
| 37 to 38 | 39 | 37 |
| 39 to 40 | 11 | 2 |
| 41 to 42 | 9 | 9 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 to 46 | 29 | 46 |
| 47 to 48 | 12 | 8 |
| 49 to 50 | 19 | 0 |
| 51 to 52 | 4 | 4 |
| 53 to 54 | 51 | 16 |
| 55 to 56 | 72 | 39 |
| 57 to 58 | 20 | 18 |
| 59 to 60 | 8 | 2 |
| 61 to 62 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 to 64 | 26 | 5 |
| 65 to 66 | 22 | 6 |
| 67 to 68 | 15 | 10 |
| 69 to 70 | 12 | 18 |
| 71 to 72 | 19 | 19 |
| 73 to 73 | 24 | 17 |
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.
ROSEMARY: She said she did. In the Navy. MRS. CASTEVET: !t 1 s news to me.
ROSEMARY: I feel just the way you do, Mrs. Castevet. She seemed so happy and full of - of - she said MRS. CASTEVET: Thank you.
MRS. CASTEVET: I think weure offending Rosemary. ROSEMARY: No 9 no 9 not at all~
LAURA-LOUISE: Hello, Rosemary 9 welcome t the Braml MRS. CASTEVET: Oh, isnvt it beautifult ROSEMARY: It came this morning • ROSEMARY: Iim fine. It's the £'j_::•st day of my period. ·LAURA-LOUISE And you're up and around? On !!!I. first day I experienced such pain that I cou…
ROSEMARY: 'Kind of fun in a necrophile sort of way' • MRS. CASTEVET: Oh, hello, dear. Did you like it? I think I put a little too much Cream de Cocoa in ito · ROSEMARY: It was delicious. You'll have to give me the recipe.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 59 are women's.
679 lines from women, 476 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
16 women and 18 men in the cast. 17 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 3 of 1,259.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 18 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 60% of the words (8,804), men 40% (5,772). Women have 59% 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
36
Two men
6
Exhibit F: behind the camera
None of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 11% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski (man)
- Written by
- Roman Polanski (man)
- From the novel by
- Ira Levin (man)
- Produced by
- William Castle (man), Robert Evans (man)
- Shot by
- William A. Fraker (man)
- Edited by
- Bob Wyman (man), Sam O'Steen (man)
- Music by
- Krzysztof Komeda (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Sylbert (man)
The crew, department by department
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Production
1 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Art
0 women, 3 men
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 2 men
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Sound
0 women, 2 men
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Writing
0 women, 2 men
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Camera
0 women, 1 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 43 on average. Men: 61 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Mia Farrow 23, Victoria Vetri 23, Emmaline Henry 39, Patsy Kelly 58, Ruth Gordon 71
Men
John Cassavetes 38, Ralph Bellamy 63, Elisha Cook Jr. 64, Maurice Evans 67, Sidney Blackmer 72
Exhibit H: the money
It made 10.4 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $3.2 million
- Box office
- $33.4 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 73 scenes and 1,259 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
