diff --git a/engines/pegasus/movie.cpp b/engines/pegasus/movie.cpp
index be3819efb33f..ec1b033cfdcd 100755
--- a/engines/pegasus/movie.cpp
+++ b/engines/pegasus/movie.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ void Movie::pause() {
 	TimeBase::pause();
 }
 
+TimeValue Movie::getDuration(const TimeScale scale) const {
+	// Unlike TimeBase::getDuration(), this returns the whole duration of the movie
+	// The original source has a TODO to make this behave like TimeBase::getDuration(),
+	// but the problem is that too much code requires this function to behave this way...
+
+	if (_video)
+		return _video->getDuration() * ((scale == 0) ? getScale() : scale) / 1000;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void Movie::checkCallBacks() {
 	TimeBase::checkCallBacks();
 
diff --git a/engines/pegasus/movie.h b/engines/pegasus/movie.h
index 3983a6f94215..31b567407f7d 100755
--- a/engines/pegasus/movie.h
+++ b/engines/pegasus/movie.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class Movie : public Animation, public PixelImage {
 
 	virtual void moveMovieBoxTo(const tCoordType, const tCoordType);
 
+	virtual TimeValue getDuration(const TimeScale = 0) const;
+
 	// *** HACK ALERT
 	Video::SeekableVideoDecoder *getMovie() { return _video; }
 	void setVolume(uint16);