THE CLOCK
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The Clock was a great mystery-suspense show of the late 1940s. It was
an Australian series produced by George Gibson which was imported and aired
intact over the ABC network for some 15 months. The settings were generic
and the actors and actresses spoke without a perceptible accent and for that
reason the program sounded "American".
At the end of this run the series continued for another 13 weeks but now with
an All-American cast with new scripts and the entire crew including the cast,
directors, musicians, etc., Americans. The series aired beyond this 13 week
time period but some time after May 1948 since there are at least three
circulating Clock programs from late 1948.
First show (Australian) on ABC: Nov 3, 1946
Last show (Australian) on ABC: Feb 26, 1948
First show (USA production): Mar 4, 1948
Last show (USA production): May 23, 1948 but....
Number of episodes for Australian version on ABC: 78
Number of USA episodes on ABC: 13 plus
This is a different interpretation of The Clock than those seen in other logs.
Any questions or comments should be directed to the author at:
dickjudge@juno.com
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THE CLOCK
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DATE NO. TITLE
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Nov 3, 1946 1 Wilbur
Nov 10, 1946 2 Actor
Nov 17, 1946 3 Millionaire
Nov 24, 1946 4 Story of Mr. Littlefield
Dec 1, 1946 4 One-Eyed Cat
Dec 8, 1946 6 Jungle Drums or Eve and Barry
Dec 15, 1946 7 Aunt Emmy or The Story of Lucy
Dec 22, 1946 8 Hunter and the Hunted
Dec 29, 1946 9 Helping Hand or Chance and Coincidence
Jan 5, 1947 10 Reference Please or Alexander Doby's Reference
or Dentist's Chair
Jan 12, 1947 11 Retribution or Ghost Story
Jan 19, 1947 12 Other Woman
Jan 26, 1947 13 Story of Lili Spangler
Feb 2, 1947 14 Bank Vault
Feb 9, 1947 15 Hitch-hiker
Feb 16, 1947 Pre-empted, not aired ????
Feb 23, 1947 16 Dr. Carter's Experiment or The Doctor's Solution
or Jail Break
Mar 2, 1947 17 Part of the Past or Time in Reverse
Mar 9, 1947 18 Good Valet or Fair Exchange or Last Meal or Doublecross
Mar 16, 1947 19 Island of Women or Amazon Island
Mar 23, 1947 20 Pretty Cousin Amy
Mar 30, 1947 21 Past or Present or Kay and Larry Cowling
Apr 6, 1947 22 Man with a Strange Trunk or Death Valley or The Trunk
Apr 13, 1947 23 Star-Crossed Lovers
Apr 20, 1947 24 Hollywood Heartbreak
Apr 27, 1947 25 Criminal Mind or Perfect Crime or Arnold Murder
May 4, 1947 26 Guilty As Always or Prosecuting Attorney
May 11, 1947 27 Only Death Is Timeless
May 18, 1947 28 Retribution
May 25, 1947 29 Angel with Two Faces or Eddie or Exclusive Story
Jun 1, 1947 30 Title not known
Jun 8, 1947 31 Coming Events or Death Is Real
Jun 15, 1947 32 Island Paradise
Jun 22, 1947 33 Man Who Couldn't Lose or Gambler's Luck
or Thou Shall Not Kill
Jun 29, 1947 34 Behind the Mask or The Crippled Wife
Jul 6, 1947 35 Hypnotist
Jul 14, 1947 36 Manicurist or Mabel
Jul 21, 1947 37 Rendezvous with Death
Jul 28, 1947 38 Flaming Frances
Aug 4, 1947 xx Repeat of #25: Criminal Mind or Perfect Crime or Arnold Murder
Aug 11, 1947 39 Dream House or Ted and Cora
Aug 18, 1947 40 Mental Telepathy
Aug 25, 1947 41 Savage Experiment
Sep 1, 1947 42 Don Miguel
Sep 4, 1947 43 Mike's Dream
Sep 11, 1947 44 Sea Story
Sep 18, 1947 45 Ophelia (the Cat)
Sep 25, 1947 46 Deadlier Than the Male
Oct 2, 1947 47 Jekyll and Hyde Gangster
Oct 9, 1947 48 Lefty and Delilah
Oct 16, 1947 49 Mystery of Loring Square or Hazel
Oct 23, 1947 50 Natalie or The Leech or Beauty and the Beast
Oct 30, 1947 51 Leon the Medium
Nov 6, 1947 52 Consuelo
Nov 13, 1947 xx Repeat of #29: Angel with Two Faces or Eddie or Exclusive
Story
Nov 20, 1947 53 Lover Boy
Nov 27, 1947 xx Repeat of #7: Aunt Emmy or The Story of Lucy
Dec 4, 1947 54 Daisy
Dec 11, 1947 55 Companion
Dec 18, 1947 56 Cruncher
Dec 25, 1947 xx Repeat of #21: Past or Present or Kay Cowling
Jan 1, 1948 57 Gertrude
Jan 8, 1948 58 Roberta
Jan 15, 1948 59 Monks
Jan 22, 1948 60 Brenda
Jan 29, 1948 61 Lemuel Springer
Feb 5, 1948 62 Valerie Lahtrop
Feb 12, 1948 63 Electro
Feb 19, 1948 64 Martha
Feb 26, 1948 65 Vivian Ellis
At this time cast, writing, directions etc. becomes all American
Mar 4, 1948 66 Nicky
Mar 11, 1948 67 Jonathan Wales
Mar 18, 1948 68 House in Cypress Canyon
Mar 25, 1948 69 Hazel and Charlie
Apr 1, 1948 70 House of Beauty
Apr 8, 1948 71 John Barby and Son
Apr 15, 1948 72 Can't We Be Friends
Apr 22, 1948 73 Search for Isabel
Apr 25, 1948 74 Bad Dreams
May 2, 1948 75 Bank Holiday or Bank Robbery
May 9, 1948 76 Liz
May 16, 1948 77 While Best Remembered
May 23, 1948 78 Geraldine
The series continued beyond this 6th thirteen week cycle as evidenced by
the following titles that were not aired between Nov 3, 1946 and Mar 23, 1948.
1948 Wife Shoots Husband, #?
1948 Manicurist or Mabel, #? R:36 above (this version with US cast)
Nov 3, 1948 Yesterday's Newspaper, #?