Fails the Bechdel test
The Long Walk
2025. Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by JT Mollner and Stephen King.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 2 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
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King's first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films, comes THE LONG WALK, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?
- Released
- 12 Sep 2025
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 71 / 100
- Awards
- 5 wins & 20 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mcvries 299 lines, man
- Garraty 278 lines, man
- Baker 73 lines, man
- Olson 69 lines, man
- Stebbins 66 lines, man
- Barkovitch 54 lines, man
- Loud Speaker Voice 51 lines, man
- Collie Parker 45 lines, man
- The Major 42 lines, man
- Ginnie 21 lines, woman
Full cast, 63 people
- Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty #47
- David Jonsson as Peter McVries #23
- Garrett Wareing as Billy Stebbins #38
- Ben Wang as Hank Olson #46
- Tut Nyuot as Arthur Baker #6
- Charlie Plummer as Gary Barkovitch #5
- Jordan Gonzalez as Richard Harkness #49
- Joshua Odjick as Collie Parker #48
- Mark Hamill as The Major
- Roman Griffin Davis as Curly #7
- Judy Greer as Mrs. Ginnie Garraty
- Josh Hamilton as Mr. William Garraty
- Noah de Mel as Ewing #1
- Daymon Wrightly as Rank #19
- Jack Giffin as Ronald #45
- Thamela Mpumlwana as Pearson #8
- Keenan Lehmann as Larson #14
- Dale Neri as Percy Grimes #31
- Teagan Stark as Patrick Smith #4
- Samuel Clark as Tressler #24
- Emmanuel Oderemi as Zuck #50
- Cameron MacConomy as Entry Gate Soldier
- Gabriel Daniels as Police Officer
- Adam Hurtig as Police Officer
- Marina Stephenson Kerr as Lady in Black Dress
- Athena Barten as Teenage Girl with Love Sign
- Leo King as Small Boy on Bike
- Ruger Red Barnes as Small Boy on Bike
- Steven Ratzlaff as Crowd Singer
- Kevin McIntyre as Crowd Singer
- Antonius Hackett as Crowd Singer
- Sheaya Labiuk as Crowd Singer
- Sharon Bajer as Crowd Singer
- Toni Reimer as Crowd Singer
- Laura Olafson as Crowd Singer
- Carson Nattrass as Crowd Singer
- David MacInnis as Loud Speaker (voice)
- Kristen Sawatzky as Soldier on Bug
- Jake Kennerd as Soldier on Bug
- Alex de Sousa as Soldier on Bug
- Jeff Strome as Soldier on Bug
- Jacques Diack as Soldier on Bug
- Ava Darrach-Gagnon as Soldier on Troop Carrier
- Alan Castanga as Soldier on Troop Carrier
- Rawleigh Clements-Willis as Soldier on Troop Carrier
- Anders Strome as Bug Driver
- Robert Borges as Troop Carrier Driver
- Robert Love as Tank Driver
- BJ Verot as Soldier on Tank
- Chris MacMillan as Angel Price #44
- Alex MacMillan as Omar Green #10
- Tristan Carlucci as Henlee Chavez #21
- Paramvir Singh as Sebastian Rodriguez #13
- Sage Cloud as Bobby Sledge #11
- Alec Carlos as Dave Barnes #41
- Ryan Stelmaschuk as Chris Turner #40
- Thomas Sedor as Marty Wyman #43
- James Durham as The Major's Driver
- Richard Thomas as Police Officer
- David Beakley as Flashback Soldier
- Bronson Cameron as Flashback Soldier
- Derek Poplawski as Flashback Soldier
- Maricar Faderon as Percy Grimes' Mother (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, 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 38
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 to 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 to 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 62 |
| 7 to 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 to 8 | 1 | 45 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 55 |
| 10 to 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 65 |
| 12 to 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 to 13 | 0 | 68 |
| 14 to 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 to 15 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 to 16 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 to 17 | 1 | 69 |
| 18 to 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 to 19 | 0 | 14 |
| 20 to 20 | 0 | 59 |
| 21 to 21 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 to 22 | 0 | 61 |
| 23 to 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 to 24 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 to 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 to 26 | 2 | 8 |
| 27 to 27 | 0 | 40 |
| 28 to 28 | 0 | 29 |
| 29 to 29 | 0 | 54 |
| 30 to 30 | 0 | 60 |
| 31 to 31 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 to 32 | 0 | 15 |
| 33 to 33 | 5 | 43 |
| 34 to 34 | 0 | 35 |
| 35 to 35 | 0 | 32 |
| 36 to 36 | 0 | 44 |
| 37 to 37 | 0 | 9 |
| 38 to 38 | 0 | 45 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 2 are women's.
23 lines from women, 1032 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 50 men in the cast. 2 women and 18 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 4 of 1,075.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 265 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 2% of the words (235), men 98% (11,113).
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
51
Exhibit E: behind the camera
1 of the 13 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Francis Lawrence (man)
- Written by
- JT Mollner (man)
- From the novel by
- Stephen King (man)
- Produced by
- Francis Lawrence (man), Roy Lee (man), Cameron MacConomy (man), Steven Schneider (man)
- Shot by
- Jo Willems (man)
- Edited by
- Mark Yoshikawa (man), Peggy Eghbalian (woman)
- Music by
- Jeremiah Fraites (man)
- Production design by
- Nicolas Lepage (man)
- Cast by
- Rich Delia (man)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
10 women, 12 men, 27 not listed
-
Other crew
1 women, 10 men, 27 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 4 men, 30 not listed
-
Sound
3 women, 15 men, 11 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 6 men, 17 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 17 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 1 men, 7 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Men: 30 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Men
Roman Griffin Davis 18, Cooper Hoffman 22, Joshua Odjick 23, Garrett Wareing 24, Charlie Plummer 26, Jordan Gonzalez 26, Ben Wang 27, David Jonsson 32, Mark Hamill 73
Exhibit G: the money
It made 3.2 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $63.1 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 38 scenes and 1,075 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
