An obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster sets out to give an important speech at the annual Headmasters' Conference.
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| John Cleese | ... | Brian Stimpson | |
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Penny Leatherbarrow | ... | Woman Teacher |
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Howard Lloyd-Lewis | ... | Ted |
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Jonathan Bowater | ... | Clint |
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Stephen Moore | ... | Mr. Jolly |
| Alison Steadman | ... | Gwenda Stimpson | |
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Mark Bunting | ... | Studious Boy |
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Robert Wilkinson | ... | Streaker |
| John Bardon | ... | Ticket Collector | |
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Mark Burdis | ... | Glen Scully |
| Nadia Sawalha | ... | Mandy Kostakis (as Nadia Carina) | |
| Dickie Arnold | ... | Man at Station | |
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Angus MacKay | ... | First Class Passenger (as Angus Mackay) |
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Peter Needham | ... | Porter |
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Peter Lorenzelli | ... | Taxi Driver |
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Brian Stimpson is the headmaster of a comprehensive (high) school in England. He sets himself, his staff and pupils very high standards. On the way to a conference at which he is to talk, all manner of disasters strike. Written by Rob Hartill
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10 October 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Clockwise - Recht so, Mr. Stimpson See more »Filming Locations:
Cottingham Road, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK See more »Edit
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1.66 : 1
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Brian Stimpson: [the window opens] Now, hello, would you have a tractor would you?
Monk: One moment.
[opens door]
Brian Stimpson: Now, er...
[looks around the place]
Brian Stimpson: Ooh dear, a monastery. I might have guessed!
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by A.P. Herbert (as Herbert) & Vivian Ellis (as Ellis)
Sung by Ann Way (uncredited)
Chappell Music Ltd
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The headmaster is on his way to the fictitious University of Norwich. The University of East Anglia in Norwich *does* exist, but the film wasn't shot there. See more »Goofs
When Brian Stimpson and Laura stop the Porsche the driver states that the car was new and had only "12 miles on the clock" After Laura steals the Porsche we see a close up of the tachometer the clock clearly reads that the car has 754 miles "on the clock". See more »Quotes
Brian Stimpson: [ringing bell at the monastery] Oh come on please! Turn the bloody record player down for God's sake!Brian Stimpson: [the window opens] Now, hello, would you have a tractor would you?
Monk: One moment.
[opens door]
Brian Stimpson: Now, er...
[looks around the place]
Brian Stimpson: Ooh dear, a monastery. I might have guessed!
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Soundtracks
This Is My Lovely Dayby A.P. Herbert (as Herbert) & Vivian Ellis (as Ellis)
Sung by Ann Way (uncredited)
Chappell Music Ltd
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John Cleese was at his harried best in this little gem of a movie. Certainly one of the most under-rated films in this genre of all time. Intelligent, (maybe too clever and too British for the Americans at the time of release) extremely funny and a film one can watch over and over without it becoming stale. Cleese's timing is superb and as for his wife and daughter.. an absolute pleasure to observe!