Fails the Bechdel test
Westworld
1973. Directed by Michael Crichton, written by Michael Crichton.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
12 women characters. 4 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
An amusement park for rich vacationers, it provides its customers a way to live out their fantasies through the use of robots that provide anything they want. Two of the vacationers choose a wild west adventure. However, after a computer breakdown, they find that they are now being stalked by a rogue robot gunslinger.
- Released
- 21 Nov 1973
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Cut To 53 lines, man
- Martin 31 lines, man
- Blane 19 lines, man
- Supervisor 19 lines, man
- Technician 13 lines, man
- Gunslinger 8 lines, man
- Knight 7 lines, man
- Salesman 7 lines, man
- Sheriff 7 lines, man
- Recorded Voice 6 lines
Full cast, 57 people
- Yul Brynner as The Gunslinger
- Richard Benjamin as Peter Martin
- James Brolin as John Blane
- Norman Bartold as Medieval Knight
- Alan Oppenheimer as Chief Supervisor
- Victoria Shaw as Medieval Queen
- Dick Van Patten as Banker
- Linda Gaye Scott as Arlette
- Steve Franken as Technican
- Michael T. Mikler as Black Knight
- Terry Wilson as Sheriff
- Majel Barrett as Miss Carrie
- Anne Randall as Daphne
- Julie Marcus as Girl in Dungeon
- Sharyn Wynters as Apache Girl
- Anne Bellamy as Middle Aged Woman
- Chris Holter as Stewardess
- Charles Seel as Bellhop
- Wade Crosby as Bartender
- Nora Marlowe as Hostess
- Lin Henson as Ticket Girl
- Orville Sherman as Supervisor
- C. Lindsay Workman as Supervisor
- Lauren Gilbert as Supervisor
- Davis Roberts as Supervisor
- Howard Platt as Supervisor
- Richard Roat as Technician
- Kenneth Washington as Technician
- Jared Martin as Technician
- Robert Patten as Technician
- David M. Frank as Technician
- Kip King as Technician
- David Man as Technician
- Larry Delaney as Technician
- Will J. White as Workman
- Ben Young as Workman
- Tom Falk as Workman
- Shirley Anthony as Departing Guest (uncredited)
- Julie Bennett as Janet Lane (uncredited)
- Tony Brubaker as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Barry Cahill as Arthur Kalen (uncredited)
- Bill Catching as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Jaye Durkus as Townsman (uncredited)
- Louie Elias as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Bob Harks as Incoming Guest (uncredited)
- George Hickman as Guest (uncredited)
- Robert Hogan as Ed Wren (uncredited)
- Kathryn Janssen as Departing Guest (uncredited)
- Paul King as Incoming Guest (uncredited)
- Ty Randolph as Girl in Saloon (uncredited)
- Robert Nichols as Robert Lewis (uncredited)
- Monty O'Grady as Departing Guest (uncredited)
- Charlie Picerni as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Leoda Richards as Incoming Guest (uncredited)
- David Roya as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Tom Smith as Townsman (uncredited)
- Paul Sorensen as Ted Mann (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
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, 10 are women's.
22 lines from women, 207 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
12 women and 35 men in the cast. 4 women and 27 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 270.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 6% of the words (445), men 94% (6,634). Women have 10% 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
19
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 7 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 5% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Michael Crichton (man)
- Written by
- Michael Crichton (man)
- Produced by
- Paul Lazarus III (man)
- Shot by
- Gene Polito (man)
- Edited by
- David Bretherton (man)
- Music by
- Fred Karlin (man)
- Cast by
- Leonard Murphy (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
0 women, 15 men, 2 not listed
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Sound
0 women, 7 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 1 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 5 men
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Art
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Production
0 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 34 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Linda Gaye Scott 30, Victoria Shaw 38
Men
James Brolin 33, Richard Benjamin 35, Michael T. Mikler 40, Steve Franken 41, Alan Oppenheimer 43, Dick Van Patten 44, Norman Bartold 45, Yul Brynner 53
Exhibit G: the money
It made 8.3 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $1.2 million
- Box office
- $10 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 270 lines of dialogue. How the test works
