Fails the Bechdel test
Station West
1948. Directed by Sidney Lanfield, written by Frank Fenton and Winston Miller and Luke Short.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 1 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Dick Powell stars as Haven, an army undercover investigator assigned to investigate the murders of two cavalrymen. Travelling incognito, Haven arrives in a small frontier outpost, where saloon singer Charlie controls all illegal activities. After making short work of Charlie's burly henchman, Haven gets a job in her organization biding his time and gathering evidence against the gorgeous crime boss. Cast as a philosophical hotel keeper, Burl Ives is afforded the opportunity to sing a a ballad.
- Released
- 17 Mar 1949
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- Approved
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Haven 474 lines, man
- Charlie 191 lines, woman
- Iles 89 lines, man
- Bristow 77 lines, man
- Mrs. Caslon 54 lines, woman
- Prince 47 lines, man
- Orville 41 lines, man
- Pete 34 lines, man
- Stellman 26 lines, man
- Goddard 17 lines, man
Full cast, 46 people
- Dick Powell as Lt. John Martin Haven
- Jane Greer as Charlie
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Mary Caslon
- Tom Powers as Captain George Iles
- Gordon Oliver as Prince
- Steve Brodie as Lt. Stellman
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mick Marion
- Raymond Burr as Lawyer Mark Bristow
- Regis Toomey as Jim Goddard
- Michael Steele as Jerry
- Olin Howland as Cook
- John Berkes as Pianist
- Dan White as Pete
- John Kellogg as Ben
- Charles Middleton as Sheriff
- John Doucette as Bartender
- Suzi Crandall as Girl
- Burl Ives as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Erville Alderson as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)
- Al Bain as Townsman (uncredited)
- Stanley Blystone as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Rudy Bowman as Townsman (uncredited)
- Chet Brandenburg as Waiter (uncredited)
- Noble 'Kid' Chissell as Townsman (uncredited)
- Bing Conley as Waiter (uncredited)
- Victor Cox as Kibitzer (uncredited)
- Art Felix as Barfly (uncredited)
- Slim Gaut as Dancer (uncredited)
- Herman Hack as Townsman (uncredited)
- Al Hill as Dice Table Croupier (uncredited)
- Robert Jefferson as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
- Ethan Laidlaw as Townsman (uncredited)
- Cactus Mack as Barfly (uncredited)
- Frank Matts as Barfly (uncredited)
- Leo J. McMahon as Rider (uncredited)
- Monte Montague as Brawl Spectator (uncredited)
- Bud Osborne as Brawl Spectator / Holdup Man (uncredited)
- William Phipps as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Joey Ray as Stickman (uncredited)
- Sammy Shack as Bartender (uncredited)
- Jack Stoney as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Lomax Study as Townsman (uncredited)
- Marie Thomas as Dance Hall Girl (uncredited)
- Jack Tornek as Barfly (uncredited)
- Sid Troy as Townsman (uncredited)
- Robert Gates as Sam (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 101
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 17 | 76 |
| 13 to 15 | 21 | 46 |
| 16 to 18 | 7 | 50 |
| 19 to 21 | 30 | 60 |
| 22 to 24 | 10 | 20 |
| 25 to 27 | 14 | 16 |
| 28 to 30 | 30 | 31 |
| 31 to 33 | 8 | 46 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 13 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 42 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 39 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 47 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 25 |
| 58 to 60 | 15 | 44 |
| 61 to 63 | 26 | 66 |
| 64 to 66 | 10 | 43 |
| 67 to 69 | 11 | 45 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 6 |
| 73 to 75 | 9 | 41 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 22 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 4 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 to 90 | 4 | 22 |
| 91 to 93 | 3 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 1 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 101 | 21 | 19 |
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, 22 are women's.
245 lines from women, 868 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
3 women and 36 men in the cast. 1 women and 16 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 35 of 1,140.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 210 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 21% of the words (1,976), men 79% (7,381). Women have 22% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.
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
Two women
0
Two men
44
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 9 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 5% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sidney Lanfield (man)
- Written by
- Frank Fenton (gender not listed), Winston Miller (man)
- From the novel by
- Luke Short (man)
- Produced by
- Robert Sparks (man)
- Shot by
- Harry J. Wild (man)
- Edited by
- Frederic Knudtson (man)
- Music by
- Heinz Roemheld (man)
- Costumes by
- Renié (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 1 men, 4 not listed
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Production
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Camera
0 women, 4 men
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 4 men
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Costume & Make-Up
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 35 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jane Greer 23, Agnes Moorehead 47
Men
Steve Brodie 28, Raymond Burr 31, Gordon Oliver 38, Dick Powell 43, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams 49, Regis Toomey 50, Tom Powers 58
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 101 scenes and 1,140 lines of dialogue. How the test works
