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Clockwise(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-03-01
62%
197 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Revenue: $1,476,356.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Clockwise
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Cleese
Brian Stimpson
Alison Steadman
Gwenda Stimpson
Penelope Wilton
Pat Garden
Stephen Moore
Mr. John Jolly
Geoffrey Palmer
Headmaster
Benjamin Whitrow
Headmaster
Tony Haygarth
Ivan with the tractor
Philip Voss
Headmaster
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
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