Passes the Bechdel test

Wrongfully Accused

Name: Wrongfully Accused
Released: 1998

1998. Directed by Pat Proft, written by Pat Proft.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
10 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 130.
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

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat with sexy Lauren Goodhue, who is married to Ryan Goodhue. Shortly after that Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to find the real murderer.

Released: 21 Aug 1998
Genres: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
IMDb: 6.1 / 10
Awards: 1 nomination total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Ryan 92 lines, man
Cass 54 lines, woman
Fergus 34 lines, man
Lauren 20 lines, woman
Savack 19 lines, man
Sean 12 lines, man
Orono 8 lines, man
Bagley 7 lines, woman
Guard 5 lines, man
Hibbing 5 lines, man

Full cast, 65 people

Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison
Richard Crenna as Fergus Falls
Kelly LeBrock as Lauren Goodhue
Melinda McGraw as Cass Lake
Aaron Pearl as Sean Laughrea
Leslie Jones as Sergeant Tina Bagley
Ben Immanuel as Sergeant Orono
Sandra Bernhard as Doctor Fridley
Michael York as Hibbing Goodhue
Gerard Plunkett as Sir Robert McKintyre
Duncan Fraser as Sergeant McMacDonald
John Walsh as Self
Maury Hannigan as Commissioner Hannigan
Chick Hearn as Basketball Announcer
Lamb Chop as Self
Brian Arnold as Dan Clellan the News Reporter
Guy Bews as Security Guard #1
Mary Black as Woman with I.V.
Michael S. Bolton as T.V. Stage Manager
Jacques Bourassa as Teenager with Backpack
Ken Boyd as Usher
Alexander Boynton as Security Guard #2
Johnathon Bruce as Hospital Janitor
Rick Burgess as Prisoner
Charn Gandam as Bus Convict
Brian Cochrane as Cop #1
Arthur Corber as Percussionist
Ric Cross as Ben Hurr Oarsman
Cory Dagg as Reporter #3
Alex Diakun as Roman
Rob Daprocida as Security Guard #1
Thea Nielsen Disney as Party Guest #2
Adrien Dorval as Proctor
Mark Fox as Butcher
Mark Francis as Abe Lincoln
Christopher L. Gibson as Paramedic
Calvin Guo as Japanese Gardener
Michelle Hart as Reporter #2
Ellie Harvie as Ruth the News Anchor
Noah Heney as Parking Attendant
Ingrid Henningsen as Party Guest Out of Focus
Derek Hurst as Patient with Liquid Ears
Maura Nielsen Kaplan as Party Guest #1
Ellen Kennedy as Bow in the Eye Musician
P.J. Lespance as Yo Yo Double
Wallace Lueng as Conductor
Bev Martin as Mary Lincoln
Mina E. Mina as Arab Diplomat
Kanlayaporn Neelaphamorn as Party Guest #3
Barbaree Earl Nielsen as Fainting Pedestrian
Robin Nielsen as Party Waiter
Jason Payn as Wanted Poster Boy
Charles Payne as Paramedic #1
David Prestley as Paramedic
Pat Proft as Window Technician
Marco Roy as Paramedic #2
Patty Sachs as Waitress At Crash Site
Yôko Sakai as Reporter #1
Veena Sood as Nurse
Bill Tarling as Bus Convict
Ingrid Tesch as Reporter #4
Stephen Tibbetts as Patient
French Tickner as Doctor in ICU
Ken Vils as Detective Van Atter
Henry O. Watson as Mayor Stopka

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 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 130

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	0
4 to 6	0	14
7 to 9	3	17
10 to 12	0	0
13 to 15	0	0
16 to 18	2	3
19 to 21	0	1
22 to 24	0	1
25 to 27	1	2
28 to 30	13	17
31 to 33	0	1
34 to 36	1	7
37 to 39	2	5
40 to 42	0	10
43 to 45	0	1
46 to 48	0	0
49 to 51	0	0
52 to 54	1	4
55 to 57	0	7
58 to 60	7	12
61 to 63	1	2
64 to 66	0	6
67 to 69	1	3
70 to 72	11	6
73 to 75	5	8
76 to 78	0	1
79 to 81	0	2
82 to 84	2	10
85 to 87	9	15
88 to 90	0	0
91 to 93	2	2
94 to 96	0	0
97 to 99	0	0
100 to 102	1	5
103 to 105	3	11
106 to 108	10	8
109 to 111	2	1
112 to 114	2	2
115 to 117	1	1
118 to 120	0	0
121 to 123	0	1
124 to 126	3	2
127 to 129	0	5
130 to 130	0	1

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.

CASS: We'll have to change our plans. LAUREN: This place will be crawling with police. Out! grabs their•gear and hustles out. Cass has a smug smile on her face.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 30 are women's.

83 lines from women, 194 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

10 women and 26 men in the cast. 5 women and 15 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 33 of 316. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 32 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 27% of the words (801), men 73% (2,206). Women have 30% 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

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 28% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Pat Proft (man)
Written by: Pat Proft (man)
Produced by: Bernd Eichinger (man), James G. Robinson (man), Pat Proft (man)
Shot by: Glen MacPherson (man)
Edited by: James R. Symons (man)
Music by: Bill Conti (man)
Production design by: Michael S. Bolton (man)
Costumes by: Jori Woodman (woman)
Cast by: Karen Rea (woman), Stuart Aikins (man)