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The Bachelor Party

1957. Directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

  1. Yes 1. At least two women
    5 women characters. 0 of them speak.
  2. Yes 2. Who talk to each other
    In 6 scenes out of 130.
  3. 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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Poster for The Bachelor Party

The film

Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential in expressing their concerns and hopes.

Released
10 Apr 1957
Genres
Drama
Rated
Approved
IMDb
6.7 / 10
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
Elsewhere
View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

  • Women
  • Men
  • Not in the cast list
  • Bigger name, more lines
  1. Rick 229 lines, man
  2. Debbie 84 lines, woman
  3. O'Neill 84 lines, man
  4. Cole 62 lines, man
  5. Gary 47 lines, man
  6. Chulo 40 lines
  7. Mr. Thomerson 40 lines, man
  8. Ryko 30 lines, man
  9. Larry 28 lines, man
  10. Stan 24 lines, man
Full cast, 11 people
  • Don Murray as Charlie Samson
  • E.G. Marshall as Walter
  • Jack Warden as The Bachelor [Eddie Watkins]
  • Philip Abbott as The Groom [Arnold Craig]
  • Larry Blyden as Ken [Kenneth]
  • Patricia Smith as Helen Samson
  • Carolyn Jones as The Existentialist
  • Nancy Marchand as The Sister-in-law [Julie]
  • Patricia Smith as The Wife [Helen Samson]
  • Karen Norris as Hostess
  • Barbara Ames as Girl on stoop

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 14% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 130

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Show the numbers
ScenesWomen's linesMen's lines
1 to 378
4 to 600
7 to 900
10 to 1200
13 to 15318
16 to 18046
19 to 212310
22 to 241220
25 to 271016
28 to 30219
31 to 33957
34 to 36410
37 to 39625
40 to 42615
43 to 451419
46 to 48040
49 to 51914
52 to 54019
55 to 57214
58 to 60041
61 to 63010
64 to 66035
67 to 69111
70 to 72122
73 to 75114
76 to 7804
79 to 81214
82 to 8444
85 to 8707
88 to 9004
91 to 9302
94 to 9601
97 to 9906
100 to 102028
103 to 105014
106 to 108810
109 to 11148
112 to 1141118
115 to 11703
118 to 12056
121 to 12301
124 to 12600
127 to 12947
130 to 130013

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.
PHOEBE: ...Really? DEBBIE: Yes, it's true. PHOEBE: Ohmygod. DEBBIE: Would you get out of here.
DEBBIE: Oh, that's really sweet. I'd love that. PHOEBE: We'll invite all the girls.
MARGOT: Buck's a buck. DEBBIE: It's so heavy.
MRS. THOMERSON: I don't know about this. DEBBIE: C'mon, Mother, it'll be fun.
TINA: Let's sit over here. DEBBIE: C'mon, Mom.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 20 are women's.

158 lines from women, 623 from men.

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

5 women and 5 men in the cast. 0 women and 0 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

  • Women
  • Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 2 of 903. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 95 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

  • First line by a woman
  • Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 16% of the words (1,061), men 84% (5,502). Women have 20% 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

Exhibit F: behind the camera

None of the 10 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 0% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by
Delbert Mann (man)
Written by
Paddy Chayefsky (man)
Story by
Paddy Chayefsky (man)
Produced by
Harold Hecht (man)
Shot by
Joseph LaShelle (man)
Edited by
William B. Murphy (man)
Music by
Paul Mertz (gender not listed), Alex North (man)
Production design by
Edward S. Haworth (gender not listed)
Costumes by
Mary Grant (gender not listed)

The crew, department by department

  • Sound

    0 women, 3 men, 3 not listed

  • Costume & Make-Up

    0 women, 2 men, 1 not listed

  • Art

    0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Directing

    0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

  • Production

    0 women, 2 men

  • Writing

    0 women, 2 men

  • Camera

    0 women, 1 men

  • Editing

    0 women, 1 men

  • Women
  • Men
  • Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 28 on average. Men: 34 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

Carolyn Jones 26, Patricia Smith 27, Patricia Smith 27, Nancy Marchand 28, Karen Norris 30

Men

Don Murray 27, Larry Blyden 31, Philip Abbott 34, Jack Warden 36, E.G. Marshall 42

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 130 scenes and 903 lines of dialogue. How the test works

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