Clockwise

Mar 1, 1986

1h 36m

★ 6.2

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.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Clockwise Trailers

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Cast

Brian Stimpson

John Cleese

Pat Garden

Penelope Wilton

Gwenda Stimpson

Alison Steadman

Mr. John Jolly

Stephen Moore

Mrs. Ellie Trellis

Joan Hickson

Headmaster

Benjamin Whitrow

Headmaster

Geoffrey Palmer

Prior

Michael Aldridge

Laura Wisely

Sharon Maiden

Woman Teacher

Penny Leatherbarrow

Ted

Howard Lloyd-Lewis

Clint

Jonathan Bowater

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