Turn Back the Clock
He led a double life — so he could double up on love!
1933 · 1h 18m · NOT RATED
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Edgar Selwyn
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Turn Back the Clock
Overview
While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what his life might have been like if he'd made different choices twenty years earlier.
Director and cast
- Edgar Selwyn Director
- Lee Tracy as Joe Gimlet
- Mae Clarke as Mary Gimlet / Mary Wright
- Otto Kruger as Ted Wright
- George Barbier as Pete Evans
- Peggy Shannon as Elvina Evans Wright / Elvina Evans Gimlet
- C. Henry Gordon as Dave Holmes
- Clara Blandick as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
- Charley Grapewin as Dr. Henderson (uncredited)
- Larry Fine as Wedding Singer (uncredited)
- Curly Howard as Wedding Singer (uncredited)
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