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Clockwise

Clockwise

Mr. Stimpson ran his life and everyone else's by the clock. Then one day at 2:09 and 43 seconds... The clock decided to strike back.

1986•1h 36m•6.2/10
Comedy

Ratings

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6.2/10(219)

School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.

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Production

Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

John Cleese

John Cleese

Brian Stimpson

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

Pat Garden

Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

Gwenda Stimpson

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore

Mr. John Jolly

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Ellie Trellis

Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

Headmaster

Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Headmaster

Michael Aldridge

Michael Aldridge

Prior

Sharon Maiden

Sharon Maiden

Laura Wisely

Penny Leatherbarrow

Woman Teacher

Howard Lloyd-Lewis

Ted

Jonathan Bowater

Clint

Mark Bunting

Studious Boy

Robert Wilkinson

Streaker

John Bardon

John Bardon

Ticket Collector

Mark Burdis

Glen Scully

Nadia Sawalha

Mandy Kostakis

Dickie Arnold

Dickie Arnold

Man at Station

Angus MacKay

Angus MacKay

First Class Passenger

Peter Needham

Porter

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