Passes the Bechdel test

Tall in the Saddle

Name: Tall in the Saddle
Released: 1944

1944. Directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Michael Hogan and Paul Fix and Gordon Ray Young.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 173.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

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The film

When a stranger arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who sent for him has been murdered. Further, most of the townsfolk seem to be at each other's throats, and the newcomer has soon run contrariwise to most of them.

Released: 29 Sep 1944
Genres: Drama, Western
Rated: Approved
IMDb: 6.9 / 10
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Rocklin 263 lines, man
Dave 129 lines, man
Arly 99 lines, woman
Miss Martin 80 lines, woman
Garvey 65 lines, man
Harolday 45 lines, man
Clint 43 lines, man
Jackson 42 lines, man
Clara 40 lines, woman
Bob Clews 30 lines, man

Full cast, 36 people

John Wayne as Rocklin
Ella Raines as Arleta 'Arly' Harolday
Ward Bond as 'Judge' Robert Garvey
George 'Gabby' Hayes as Dave
Audrey Long as Clara Cardell
Elisabeth Risdon as Miss Elizabeth Martin
Donald Douglas as Harolday
Paul Fix as Bob Clews
Russell Wade as Clint Harolday
Emory Parnell as Sheriff Jackson
Raymond Hatton as Zeke
Harry Woods as George Clews
Frank Puglia as Talo (uncredited)
Clem Bevans as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
Victor Adamson as Townsman (uncredited)
Erville Alderson as Wells Fargo Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin as Stan - Depot Master (uncredited)
Hank Bell as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers as Ab Jenkins (uncredited)
George Chandler as Saddle Maker (uncredited)
Victor Cox as Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Darien as Train Station Master (uncredited)
William Desmond as Townsman (uncredited)
Bobby Hale as Townsman (uncredited)
Russell Hopton as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Ben Johnson as Townsman (uncredited)
Cy Kendall as Cap - Bartender (uncredited)
Sam McDaniel as Servant (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie as Doc Riding (uncredited)
Frank Orth as 'Shorty' Davis (uncredited)
Jim Reeves as Townsman (uncredited)
Russell Simpson as Pat Foster (uncredited)
Tom Smith as Townsman (uncredited)
William Steele as Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Tornek as Townsman (uncredited)
Eddy Waller as Santa Inez Depot Master (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 173

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 4	0	5
5 to 8	4	14
9 to 12	1	4
13 to 16	3	26
17 to 20	21	96
21 to 24	0	0
25 to 28	2	6
29 to 32	0	11
33 to 36	0	62
37 to 40	5	12
41 to 44	2	13
45 to 48	30	37
49 to 52	6	17
53 to 56	0	16
57 to 60	0	1
61 to 64	3	34
65 to 68	7	5
69 to 72	2	12
73 to 76	18	69
77 to 80	8	27
81 to 84	0	12
85 to 88	8	24
89 to 92	3	11
93 to 96	0	20
97 to 100	3	9
101 to 104	26	15
105 to 108	0	1
109 to 112	0	10
113 to 116	0	24
117 to 120	6	31
121 to 124	1	8
125 to 128	5	16
129 to 132	2	3
133 to 136	10	4
137 to 140	3	8
141 to 144	4	4
145 to 148	2	3
149 to 152	2	1
153 to 156	4	9
157 to 160	2	0
161 to 164	7	12
165 to 168	4	9
169 to 172	11	14
173 to 173	4	6

The evidence

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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.

CLARA: Auntie -- MISS MARTIN: With my dyspepsia? Do you want to kill me? CLARA: Aren't you going to have any supper?

CLARA: Oh. ARLY: I've a message for you -- from Harolday.

CLARA: We-el, not exactly moving in. You see... MISS MARTIN: Do you have to discuss our private affairs with every rag-tag-and-bobtail cow-person we meet, Clara? CLARA: Auntie!

MISS MARTIN: We can do very well without it -- thank you. And you're keeping your lady friend waiting. ARLY: I thought maybe you'd changed your mind again.

CLARA: I don't know how I can ever thank you for trying to help me. I do appreciate it ever so much -- Don't think too harshly of me, will you -- I… ARLY: She's lovely, isn't she? -- So sweet -- honest, and helpless. ARLY: Pity you didn't fall in love with her, instead of me.