Turn Back the Clock

Aug 25, 1933

1h 18m

★ 4.9

He led a double life — so he could double up on love!

Overview

While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Turn Back the Clock Trailers

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Cast

Joe Gimlet

Lee Tracy

Mary Gimlet / Mary Wright

Mae Clarke

Ted Wright

Otto Kruger

Pete Evans

George Barbier

Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet

Peggy Shannon

Dave Holmes

C. Henry Gordon

Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

Clara Blandick

Dr. Henderson (uncredited)

Charley Grapewin

Wedding Singer (uncredited)

Larry Fine

Wedding Singer (uncredited)

Curly Howard

Wedding Singer (uncredited)

Moe Howard

Cigar Store Customer (uncredited)

Ed Wynn

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