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.
6.3
96 min
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.
| Name | Character | Team | |
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John Cleese | Brian Stimpson | Unowned |
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Penelope Wilton | Pat Garden | Unowned |
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Alison Steadman | Gwenda Stimpson | Unowned |
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Stephen Moore | Mr. John Jolly | Unowned |
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Joan Hickson | Mrs. Ellie Trellis | Unowned |
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Benjamin Whitrow | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Palmer | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Michael Aldridge | Prior | Unowned |
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Sharon Maiden | Laura Wisely | Unowned |
| Penny Leatherbarrow | Woman Teacher | Unowned | |
| Howard Lloyd-Lewis | Ted | Unowned | |
| Jonathan Bowater | Clint | Unowned | |
| Mark Bunting | Studious Boy | Unowned | |
| Robert Wilkinson | Streaker | Unowned | |
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John Bardon | Ticket Collector | Unowned |
| Mark Burdis | Glen Scully | Unowned | |
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Nadia Sawalha | Mandy Kostakis | Unowned |
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Dickie Arnold | Man at Station | Unowned |
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Angus MacKay | First Class Passenger | Unowned |
| Peter Needham | Porter | Unowned | |
| Peter Lorenzelli | Taxi Driver | Unowned | |
| Chip Sweeney | Paul Stimpson | Unowned | |
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Constance Chapman | Mrs. Wheel | Unowned |
| Ann Way | Mrs. Way | Unowned | |
| Ann-Marie Gwatkin | Petrol Station Cashier | Unowned | |
| Mohammed Ashiq | Manager | Unowned | |
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Pat Keen | Mrs. Wisely | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Hutchings | Mr. Ted Wisely | Unowned |
| Geoffrey Greenhill | Policeman with Mrs. Wheel | Unowned | |
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Richard Ridings | Policeman at Crash | Unowned |
| Geoffrey Davion | Policeman at Crash | Unowned | |
| Charles Bartholomew | Man in Telephone Box | Unowned | |
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Sheila Keith | Pat's Mother | Unowned |
| Christian Regan | Pat's Son | Unowned | |
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Alan Parnaby | Policeman at Telephone Box | Unowned |
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Tony Haygarth | Ivan | Unowned |
| Ronald Sowton | Monk | Unowned | |
| Alan Granton | Monk | Unowned | |
| Susan Field | Woman in Lane | Unowned | |
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Leslie Schofield | Policeman Arresting Pat | Unowned |
| Mike Glynn | Policeman with Black Eye | Unowned | |
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Nicholas Le Prevost | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Peter Cellier | Headmaster | Unowned |
| David Conville | Headmaster | Unowned | |
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Patrick Godfrey | Headmaster | Unowned |
| Rupert Massey | Headmaster | Unowned | |
| John Rowe | Headmaster | Unowned | |
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Philip Voss | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Jeffry Wickham | Headmaster | Unowned |
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Nick Stringer | Det. Sgt. George Rice | Unowned |
| Graeme Green | Detective Constable | Unowned | |
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Sidney Livingstone | Porsche Driver | Unowned |
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Michael Percival | Man in Wood | Unowned |
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Peter Jonfield | Det. Insp. Laundryman | Unowned |
| Brian Portsmouth | Detective Constable | Unowned | |
| Graeme Ford | Willy Black (uncredited) | Unowned | |
| Danny Lee | School Boy | Unowned |