Passes the Bechdel test
The Saint
1997. Directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Leslie Charteris and Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 252. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.
The film
Simon Templar has no real family or home, and Simon Templar isn't even his real name. Yet, Simon Templar, also known as the Saint for his use of creating false identities using the names of Catholic saints, is one of the world's most successful thieves. Slick, debonair, and a master of disguise, Simon manages to outwit the police again and again. On his next job, he is hired by the Russian Mafia to steal a cold fusion energy formula from scientist Emma Russel. However, the mission backfires as he falls for the pretty, intelligent scientist. Simon and his new love must now manage to outwit the Russian Mafia and work out the energy formula before the worst happens, and the U.S. is affected forever.
- Released
- 04 Apr 1997
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 50 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Templar 225 lines, man
- Jillian 180 lines, woman
- Tretiak 43 lines, man
- Frankie 21 lines, woman
- Ilya 14 lines, man
- Romanov 13 lines, man
- Zubov 12 lines, man
- Stewardess 11 lines, woman
- Gracha 9 lines, man
- Remy 9 lines, man
Full cast, 33 people
- Val Kilmer as Simon Templar
- Elisabeth Shue as Emma Russell
- Rade Šerbedžija as Ivan Tretiak
- Henry Goodman as Dr. Lev Botvin
- Alun Armstrong as Inspector Teal
- Michael Byrne as Vereshagin
- Irina Apeksimova as Frankie
- Lev Prygunov as General Sklarov
- Charlotte Cornwell as Inspector Rabineau
- Emily Mortimer as Woman on Plane
- Lucija Šerbedžija as Russian Prostitute
- Velibor Topic as Skinhead
- Tommy Flanagan as Scarface
- Egor Pazenko as Scratchface
- Adam C. Smith as Young Simon Templar
- Pat Laffan as Catholic Priest
- Verity-Jane Dearsley as Agnes
- Michael Marquez as Boy in Orphanage
- Lorelei King as TV Reporter
- Alla Kazanskaya as Old Russian Lady
- Ronnie Letham as Old Russian Man
- Tusse Silberg as Prostitute's Mother
- Peter Guinness as Frankie's Curator
- Stefan Gryff as President's Aide
- Malcolm Tierney as Russian Doctor
- Christopher Rozycki as Russian Chief of Police
- Valery Nikolaev as Ilya Tretiak
- Evgeniy Lazarev as President Karpov
- Michael Cochrane as Cold Fusion Broker
- William Hope as State Department Official
- Eric Loren as Embassy Official
- Roger Moore as Car Radio Announcer (voice)
- David Schneider as Rat Club Comedian
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 6 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 252
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 7 to 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 to 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 to 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 to 30 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 to 36 | 9 | 19 |
| 37 to 42 | 10 | 33 |
| 43 to 48 | 27 | 21 |
| 49 to 54 | 22 | 21 |
| 55 to 60 | 2 | 3 |
| 61 to 66 | 7 | 19 |
| 67 to 72 | 9 | 3 |
| 73 to 78 | 6 | 4 |
| 79 to 84 | 0 | 14 |
| 85 to 90 | 5 | 11 |
| 91 to 96 | 0 | 6 |
| 97 to 102 | 8 | 4 |
| 103 to 108 | 1 | 5 |
| 109 to 114 | 3 | 6 |
| 115 to 120 | 3 | 16 |
| 121 to 126 | 2 | 5 |
| 127 to 132 | 4 | 2 |
| 133 to 138 | 1 | 1 |
| 139 to 144 | 8 | 16 |
| 145 to 150 | 19 | 14 |
| 151 to 156 | 9 | 9 |
| 157 to 162 | 9 | 8 |
| 163 to 168 | 1 | 2 |
| 169 to 174 | 13 | 19 |
| 175 to 180 | 14 | 13 |
| 181 to 186 | 0 | 1 |
| 187 to 192 | 11 | 8 |
| 193 to 198 | 17 | 8 |
| 199 to 204 | 4 | 21 |
| 205 to 210 | 0 | 5 |
| 211 to 216 | 0 | 2 |
| 217 to 222 | 0 | 5 |
| 223 to 228 | 2 | 8 |
| 229 to 234 | 0 | 22 |
| 235 to 240 | 0 | 12 |
| 241 to 246 | 0 | 0 |
| 247 to 252 | 0 | 2 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
JILLIAN: sits with F.B.I. agents RABINEAU and LONNER. AGENT RABINEAU: One more.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 37 are women's.
229 lines from women, 398 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
9 women and 23 men in the cast. 6 women and 11 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 37 of 715.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 52 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 37% of the words (2,595), men 63% (4,474).
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
4
Two men
29
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce (man)
- Written by
- Jonathan Hensleigh (man), Wesley Strick (man)
- Story by
- Jonathan Hensleigh (man)
- Produced by
- Mace Neufeld (man), William J. MacDonald (man), Robert Evans (man), David Brown (man), Lis Kern (woman), Christine Forsyth-Peters (gender not listed)
- Shot by
- Phil Meheux (man)
- Edited by
- Terry Rawlings (man)
- Music by
- Graeme Revell (man)
- Production design by
- Joseph C. Nemec III (man)
- Cast by
- Elisabeth Leustig (woman), Patsy Pollock (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Art
4 women, 7 men, 3 not listed
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Production
4 women, 8 men, 1 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 1 men, 5 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 7 men
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Other crew
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Writing
0 women, 4 men
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Sound
0 women, 3 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: 34 on average. Men: 49 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Emily Mortimer 25, Irina Apeksimova 31, Elisabeth Shue 33, Charlotte Cornwell 47
Men
Val Kilmer 37, Henry Goodman 46, Rade Šerbedžija 50, Alun Armstrong 50, Michael Byrne 53, Lev Prygunov 57
Exhibit H: the money
It made 1.7 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $68 million
- Box office
- $118 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 252 scenes and 715 lines of dialogue. How the test works
