The Imitation Game · written by Graham Moore · 2014

A sailor shares his last cigarette with two shipmates while the convoy crosses the sea, unaware of the message sent about them.

Scene 23 of 130 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 23 min into a 1:57 film

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At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing must persuade a skeptical team to build a machine that can break Enigma before the war is lost, while concealing the self the law condemns.

Scenes 1–12
Turing is investigated as a guarded outsider in 1951, then enters Bletchley in 1939 looking for the puzzle he can solve.
Just before
Scene 20
Nock alters the stolen access letter, replacing his own name with Alan Turing’s.
Scene 21
Using the forged letter, Nock asks the Admiralty records clerk for Turing’s service records.
Scene 22
A German spy plane spots a British convoy and sends its location by encrypted Morse as Turing explains the game’s apparent simplicity.
Scene 23
This scene

23EXT. BRITISH SHIP - ON DECK - DAY

— The DECK of one of the British ships. A SEAMAN smokes a cigarette as waves crash against the side. He’s approached by two FRIENDS. He looks: He’s only got one smoke left. In a kind gesture, he SNAPS his cigarette in half, sharing it —