• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1986-03-01
  • Runtime96 minutes
  • TaglineMr. 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.
  • Revenue1,476,356$
  • GenreComedy
  • Production
    CompaniesThorn EMI Screen Entertainment
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie 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.

Casts

John Cleese

Alison Steadman

Penelope Wilton

Stephen Moore

Geoffrey Palmer

Benjamin Whitrow

Tony Haygarth

Philip Voss

Joan Hickson

Nicholas Le Prevost

Patrick Godfrey

Sharon Maiden

Nadia Sawalha

Michael Aldridge

John Bardon

Nick Stringer