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Beat the Clock

  • TV Series
  • 1950–19611950–1961
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
110
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  • Family
  • Game-Show
Classic game show where couples (and sometimes families) competed to win prizes by completing stunts within a time limit.Classic game show where couples (and sometimes families) competed to win prizes by completing stunts within a time limit.Classic game show where couples (and sometimes families) competed to win prizes by completing stunts within a time limit.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
110
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  • Stars
    • Bud Collyer
    • Dolores Rosedale
    • Bern Bennett
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    • Bud Collyer
    • Dolores Rosedale
    • Bern Bennett
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    Bud Collyer
    Bud Collyer
    • Self - Hostas Self - Host
    91 episodes91 eps • 1950–1956
    Dolores Rosedale
    • Selfas Self…
    82 episodes82 eps • 1950–1953
    Bern Bennett
    • Self - Announceras Self - Announcer…
    77 episodes77 eps • 1950–1956
    Bill Shipley
    • Self - spokesman for Sylvania HaloLight Golden Jubilee Television Setsas Self - spokesman for Sylvania HaloLight Golden Jubilee Television Sets
    3 episodes3 eps • 1951
    John Reed King
    • Self - Substitute hostas Self - Substitute host
    3 episodes3 eps • 1952
    Bess Myerson
    Bess Myerson
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1952
    John Jakes
    • Self - Contestantas Self - Contestant
    1 episode1 ep • 1952
    Rachel Jakes
    • Self - Contestantas Self - Contestant
    1 episode1 ep • 1952
    Beverly Bentley
    • Assistant (1955-1958)as Assistant (1955-1958)
    Dirk Fredericks
    • Announcer (1958-1961)as Announcer (1958-1961)
    Bob Shepard
    • Announcer - substituteas Announcer - substitute
    Dick Noel
    • Announcer - substituteas Announcer - substitute
    Henry Casso
    • Selfas Self
    1 episode1 ep • 1956
    Lee Vines
    • Announcer - substituteas Announcer - substitute
    Hal Simms
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      James Dean, whose first TV appearances were in Goodson-Todman-produced anthology dramas, was also employed by G-T as a stunt tester for this program. He proved so agile at completing the stunts that his results couldn't be used to set time limits for contestants to complete them. So he was reluctantly let go.
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    I was a contestant in 1961
    I was a contestant in 1961and was picked out of the audience to do a trick by myself....I had to wear a jumpsuit which I put on backwards by mistake and was holding it closed in front...Bud asked me if I had butterflies I did not beat the clock so I got only a Polaroid camera,which I used for quite a few years...at the end of the show he asked my son who was 8 years old at the time and was in the audience with my husband to come on stage and asked him if he wanted to be a policeman like his father...he said no that they work too hard and he wanted to become a teacher...I wish I could get a copy of that episode it would be so nice seeing it again...bud was so nice to talk to...I do have a lovely 8X10 photo that was sent to me some time later,of Bud and me...I love it....
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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Ritz Theatre, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
      • CBS Television Network
      • American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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