The Clock (Under the Clock) (1945)
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1945 Wide
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The Clock was designed by MGM as a "small" picture--though characteristically, it was a bigger production than most "A" efforts from any other studio. Paul Gallico's simple story involves a girl (Judy Garland) and a GI (Robert Walker), who meet under the huge clock at New York's Pennsylvania Station. Over the next 48 hours, the girl and the soldier fall in love, make the acquaintance of such lovable gotham types as cabbie James Gleason and inebriate Keenan Wynn, and decide to get married before
Jan 1, 1945 Wide
Feb 6, 2007
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Cast
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Judy Garland
Alice Mayberry -
Robert Walker
Cpl. Joe Allen -
James Gleason
Al Henry -
Keenan Wynn
The Drunk -
Marshall Thompson
Bill -
Lucille Gleason
Mrs. Al Henry -
Ruth Brady
Helen -
Paul E. Burns
Bartender -
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Chester Clute
Michael Henry -
Dick Elliott
Friendly Man -
Robert E. Homans
Official -
Moyna MacGill
Luncheonette Lady -
Arthur Space
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Billed in some circles as the original Before Sunrise, Vincente Minnelli's The Clock doesn't come particularly close to reaching those hallowed grounds, but its structure and conclusion certainly make the comparison understandable.
Evanescent romance braving urban landscapes and wartime ruptures, captured by a gliding-craning-caressing camera
...generally as affable and lighthearted as its premise might have indicated.
It's hard not to be moved by its heart-warming romantic tale.
Drama with spectacular crowd scenes, showing life in New York City.
The beginning and ending are symmetrical: Story opens at Penn State, picking up a soldier (Robert Walker) in the crowd, and it ends when Alice (Judy Garland) sees him off at Penn State, when her figure is lost in the crowd
A nice little wartime romance. Garland and Walker are sweet at the young couple in love.
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Foreign Titles
- The Clock {a.k.a. Under the Clock} (1945) (DE)
- Under the Clock (UK)

