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Released
1986 · FILM

Clockwise

A rigid headmaster misses his train and enlists a free-spirited former student to drive him to a conference, sparking chaos as her impulsive choices clash with his obsession for order.

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.

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Runtime
96 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Brian Stimpson, a headmaster known for his emphasis on timeliness, order, and discipline, misses his train after carefully preparing a speech for an education conference. With no alternative, he turns to Laura Wisely, a former student, for help. Laura, still upset about a recent breakup, agrees to drive him in her parents’ car. Her decision causes concern for her parents, who mistakenly believe she has run away with a married man and promptly contact the police.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Peter BoyleShot by John CoquillonScored by George FentonDesigned by Roger Murray Leach

Box Office

1986 · Box office

Grossed $1.5M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$1.5M

Worldwide gross$1.5M

Opening weekend: $156K 11% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $194K13% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 22 theaters

Also known as

  • Clockwise - In letzter Sekundede
  • Clockwise – Recht so, Mr. Stimpsonde
  • Siempre puntuales

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