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.

PG 1986 · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Christopher Morahan · Written by Michael Frayn

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John Cleese Brian Stimpson
Penelope Wilton Pat Garden
Alison Steadman Gwenda Stimpson
Stephen Moore Mr. John Jolly
Joan Hickson Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Benjamin Whitrow Headmaster
Geoffrey Palmer Headmaster
Michael Aldridge Prior
Sharon Maiden Laura Wisely
Penny Leatherbarrow Woman Teacher
Howard Lloyd-Lewis Ted
Jonathan Bowater Clint

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