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The Clock

Play trailer Poster for The Clock 1945,  1h 30m,  Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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While on a two-day leave in New York City, soldier Joe Allen (Robert Walker) meets secretary Alice Mayberry (Judy Garland) when she trips over him. They hit it off, and Alice decides to show Joe around. As they tour the sights of New York, they begin to fall in love. After inadvertently meeting a milk deliveryman (James Gleason), they befriend him and help him finish his route. The next morning, they decide they should get married before Joe must return to duty.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker Apr 14, 2020
This rapturous wartime romance, starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker, is also a rowdy and tender paean to the liberating vitality of New York's public life and its chance encounters. Go to Full Review
James Agee TIME Magazine Feb 28, 2018
Director Vincente Minnelli's talents are so many-sided and generous that he turns even the most over-contrived romanticism into something memorable. Go to Full Review
Sean Burns Crooked Marquee Jun 23, 2022
A musical in spirit, if not execution. Judy Garland doesn’t sing, but she might as well. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Jun 15, 2022
3.5/4
One of Garland's finest films, and one of the era's most piercing romances. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jun 12, 2022
3/4
As the couple spend time together and we spend time with the couple, the film blossoms into a touching romance. Go to Full Review
Andrew Chan 4Columns Apr 10, 2020
Like all the best melodramas, it shows us how society is set up to keep our hopelessly ambiguous interior worlds in check. But all you have to do is look at Garland to feel that racing pulse beneath the skin...she knew that love is anxiety. Go to Full Review
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Jan 27, 2019 The best romance movie ever made!
Kylo R Nov 26, 2018 The Clock is a decent film. It is about a soldier who accidentally meets a girl at Pennsylvania Station and spends his leave with her during a 48-hour leave in 1945. Judy Garland and Robert Walker give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Vincente Minnelli did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and romance. See more
Han G Mar 4, 2018 watch the the movie. Watch it again and again and again and then after you've watched about a dozen times, really listen to it. The Clock ticks slowly throughout the whole movie, giving attentive viewers the cue that there is something more to this story than what meets the eye. I promise you, anyone that writes this movie off as another cheesy 1940s romance wasn't meant to see this movie in the first place. Truly a masterpiece and way ahead of its time. See more
Poe W Aug 12, 2017 The Clock is a straightforward wartime drama with charming performances from Judy Garland and Robert Walker.
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Vincente Minnelli

Director

Judy Garland

Alice Maybery

Robert Walker

Cpl. Joe Allen

James Gleason

Al Henry

Keenan Wynn

The Drunk

Marshall Thompson

Bill

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Movie Info

Synopsis While on a two-day leave in New York City, soldier Joe Allen (Robert Walker) meets secretary Alice Mayberry (Judy Garland) when she trips over him. They hit it off, and Alice decides to show Joe around. As they tour the sights of New York, they begin to fall in love. After inadvertently meeting a milk deliveryman (James Gleason), they befriend him and help him finish his route. The next morning, they decide they should get married before Joe must return to duty.
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Producer
Arthur Freed
Screenwriter
Robert Nathan, Joseph Schrank
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 25, 1945, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 30m
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