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The Clock

"Sunrise and Sunset, Promise and Fulfillment, Birth and Death.
The whole drama of life is written in the sands of time."

And so Father Time opens this show of suspense and human interest.

On November 3, 1946, The Clock started its broadcast history from New York. It seems there was no set cast for this anthology series until March 4, 1948 when the show moved to Hollywood. At that point, Cathy and Elliot Lewis and Jeannette Nolan take the starring roles, with William Conrad as the announcer Father Time. William Speir takes the reins as director, having just left a long stint as producer/director of Suspense. The show left the air after the broadcast of May 23, 1948.



The Bold titles are the titles based on Jerry Haendiges' log for The Clock. I've settled on his list to be basis for episode names and have listed the alternate titles under these.

The three lists are:



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Listing by Date

date Title(s) Announcer's Opening Other Info
11/03/46  Wilber 
 My Loving Wife 
Got a little time to spare? 30 minutes maybe by the clock? But first, maybe, I'd better introduce myself.Wilbur Cook and the time clock. 13 years of never being late or absent
11/10/46  Actor, the 
 Cain's Dept. Store 
 Story of Jeanne Claire 
Am I disturbing you? I hope not. I don't mean to intrude. I just stopped in for half an hour with a story. Jeanie Claire and the guy with the gloves.
11/17/46  All the Money in the World 
 Millionaire 
 Joey 
Hello, nice to see you again. Fun to be back? Got a little time to spare? 30 MinutesJoey Harper -
11/24/46  Story of John Littlefield 
 Mr. Littlefield 
Good evening. I'm glad to see you set your clock again for me. I've brought you another story. It was told to me by a friend of mine.Mr. Littlefield's wife does not like him working late.
12/01/46  One-Eyed Cat  Have you ever seen a one-eyed cat? I saw one once, and its skin was the color of polished ebony.Jasper Wake's cat.
12/08/46  Jungle Drums 
 Love Triangle 
Would it surprise you if I said I was a rather frivolous fellow? Well, I am. I know your answer - Rio - a city where anything can happen - and everything does.
12/15/46  Aunt Emmy 
 Story of Lucy 
City people are gregarious by nature and they feel more at home in a crowd. Rural folks, on the other hand, usually prefer solitude.Niece comes to visit aunt in rural setting.
12/29/46  Helping Hand 
 Summerville 
 Chance & Coincidence 
The wheels of chance, like the hands of time move slowly. But time is more dependable. Chance is not only a gamble.Chance and coincidence - a fine pair. Howard Williams - a recent arrival in Summerville
01/12/47  Lively Ghost 
 Cowlings & Ghosts 
 Past or Present 
 Ghost Stories 
Do you like ghost stories? Do you like to feel the blood run down your spinal column like the mercury in a thermometer that's been plunged into ice cold water?Kay and Larry Cowling
01/19/47  Return of the Vanished Wife 
 Other Woman 
 Story of Emma Stewart 
Our time, as you probably know, is a measurement of the earth's rotation of its axis.Irma Stewart - lost seven years.
01/26/47  Spangler's Attic 
 Time in Reverse 
 Loring Square 
 Lily Spangler 
Good evening all - I'd like to tell you of an interesting theory in regard to time. There are some who say the past is never gone.London, 1900
02/02/47  Bank Vault 
 Bill Phillips, Safecracker 
I suppose that most of the words that poets and philosophers have written throughout the ages are notations on the human heart. 
02/09/47  Hitchhiker 
 Lefty and Delilah 
Time is uniform. There are just so many seconds and hours and minutes in each day. Their length never changes, and yet.On the road alone to Salt Lake City. Driver picks up girl at gas station.
02/23/47  Dr. Carter's Experiment 
 Savage Experiment 
 Double Cross 
 Professor Leonard Higgins 
The passage of time has made a profound difference in the habits of the human race. There are isolated spots where time may just have well not existed.Scientific observations of a true barbarian.
03/02/47  Man Who Lived Once Before 
 Reincarnation 
 Story of John Shepley 
Felus Domesticus, better known as the common house cat is rumored to have nine lives, while man is presumed to have but one. Such is the common conception.John Shefley returned to a life he had once lived before as a murderer.
03/09/47  Good Valet 
 Poor Exchange 
 Fair Exchange 
Time and distance are closely related and one is often measured by the other. For instance, the distance to the stars is not measured in miles.Former valet to Gregory Richards.
03/16/47  Island of Women 
 Adam and Eve 
 Amazon Island 
 Original Man and Original Woman 
The story of Adam and Eve goes back in time to the very beginning of time and it is a tale that keeps repeating itself.Doris Nettle on cruise from SF to Honolulu
03/23/47  Pretty Cousin Amy  Have you ever noticed that time has a sameness about itself? For instance, an hour will always remain exactly that - 60 minutes, no more, no less.Joe and Nora Spencer
04/06/47  Man with the Strange Trunk 
 Death Valley 
 Jail Break 
The dictionary defines the word "tourist" as "one who makes a tour" , a traveler. Someone who goes from place to place.Man with trunk stays in Death Valley motor hotel.
04/13/47  Star-Crossed Lovers 
 Cliff and Juliet 
Time makes many changes. The passage of years affects our habits, our thoughts and our physical appearance.Fear of the unknown. Juliet and Cliff.
04/20/47  Hollywood Heartache 
 Actor 
 Story of George and Arlene 
A family quarrel is not unusual, and I suppose the best of us have one once in a while. My family is no exception. Once a year we have a battle royal.George Finney meets wife in Santa Monica.
04/27/47  Criminal Mind 
 Perfect Crime 
 Detective Killer 
Have you ever seen the inside of a watch? Of course you have. Unless you happened to be a watch-maker by trade, it must have presented a rather confusing picture.Detective Lieutenant - creates the perfect crime
05/04/47  Guilty, As Always 
 Mistaken Identity 
 Story of Mark Wainhart 
Time is a ???? and as frisky as a colt and very fond of parlor tricks. Its collaborator in practical skullduggery is the .Detective Brophy - 10-year veteran. Ann Lawrence killed.
05/11/47  Only Death is Timeless 
 Mrs. Crocker 
Time moves slowly but its power is great. There is nothing material on this earth that can escape its effects. The mighty coliseum.Billy injured at school.
05/25/47  Angel with Two Faces 
 Yesterday's Newspaper 
 Eddie 
 Exclusive Story 
From the point of view of time, the world is filled with objects that are aged. The giant redwood trees in California .Francine Multon acquitted of murder.
06/08/47  Coming Events 
 Death in Red 
 Fortune Teller 
There are three provinces in the kingdom of time; the past, the present, and the future.1912 Carnival Fortune Teller - predicts danger in red.
06/15/47  Island Paradise 
 Singapore 
 Preston and Reagan 
Halfway around the world at the tip of the Malay peninsula a sprawling city lies baking in the tropic sun - SingaporeSingapore which has sometimes given shelter to a murderer.
06/22/47  Man Who Couldn't Lose 
 Thou Shalt Not Kill 
 Gambler's Luck 
The world is full of statistics and statistics are often measured from the point of view of time.Smiley Stone - 6th Commandment
06/29/47  Behind the Mask 
 Crippled Wife-Seductress 
There is a theory that man, like time, has two identities. Time's countenance is day and its alter ego is night.Philanthropic husband with invalid wife.
07/06/47  Hypnotist 
 After Midnight 
 Party 
 Hypnotic Murders 
 Luther 
Time is most dramatic in the streets of a great metropolis. Like a three-act play, it divides itself into.Girl is followed and steals wallet from a man who hypnotizes her.
07/21/47  Gus Fowler 
 Death Announces Her Visit 
 Rendezvous with Death 
Time is usually something we take for granted - something dependable that we rarely think of directly unless the need is vital.Mr. Gus Fowler - terminally ill.
07/28/47  Flaming Frances 
 Fire 
Many thousands of years ago when man was still sporting a bear-skin coat, a matted beard and a taste for raw meat, he discovered fire.Hired cook - pyromaniac
08/11/47  Ted and Cora 
 Power of Suggestion 
 Dream House 
 Ghost Story 
The human mind reacts in two separate ways. While we are awake, out conscious mind is more or less in command..Cheap house for rent.
08/18/47  Mental Telepathy 
 Murder Will Out 
 Dummy 
All natural phenomena exist in some form or substance, even though we ourselves are unable to perceive it.Alfred the dummy in a ventriloquist act.
09/18/47  Ophelia 
 Ophelia the Cat 
 Strike Back from the Grave 
From the point of view of time there are three critical events in the life of a human being and all three are represented by the proper documents.Last Will and Testament. "Strike Back From the Grave"
09/25/47  Deadlier Than the Male 
 Retribution 
 Cleo 
Have you ever seen a ghost? I mean a real honest-to-goodness phantom complete with translucent bed-sheets and staring eyes.Ghosts do exist for some people - only to them it is "retribution".
10/02/47  Jekyll and Hyde Gangster 
 Beauty and the Beast 
How many stories have you heard that begin with the words "once upon a time"? Hundreds, perhaps..Widow takes in bum.
10/16/47  Hazel 
 Charlie Gifford's Destiny 
 Mystery of Loring Square 
 Husband's Life Insurance 
Good evening all. Do you realize that at this very moment the world is teeming with important events? A man in Hong Kong is.Wife Hazel is sick and tired of poor Charlie's meager salary.
11/20/47  Lover Boy  The passage of time and the forward trend of civilization have both had a profound influence in changing man.One woman can be more than enough for any man to handle.
01/01/48  Gertrude 
 Girl With the Animal Charm 
It is recorded that in the beginning of time Cain slew his brother Abel and then .Husband has decided to kill his wife.
03/04/48  Nicky 
 Don't Bury Me - I'm Not Dead 
 Nicky Crane 
The meaning and value of time appears to vary according to age. For the infant, time is merely a necessary interval between feedings.Cathy & Elliot Lewis
04/25/48  Bad Dreams 
 Man Dreams of Electrocution 
 Perchance to Dream 
Clocks - all over the city - clocks; little clocks, big ones, new ones just learning to count, old ones - old hands at the game.Elliot Lewis and Jeanette Nolan star. Written by Lucille Fletcher.
05/02/48  Bank Holiday  On the 42nd Bank and Trust Company where Jane Evans used to work, you can hear the clock atom Amy Semple McPhearson's Angelus Temple.Cathy and Elliot Lewis star.
05/09/48  Liz  Time is a cautious banker who seldom floats a loan and he numbers his depositors in the billions. When you open an account.Lurene Tuttle & Joseph Kearns



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Listing by Announcer's Opening

04/20/47  Hollywood Heartache 
 Actor 
 Story of George and Arlene 
A family quarrel is not unusual, and I suppose the best of us have one once in a while. My family is no exception. Once a year we have a battle royal.George Finney meets wife in Santa Monica.
08/18/47  Mental Telepathy 
 Murder Will Out 
 Dummy 
All natural phenomena exist in some form or substance, even though we ourselves are unable to perceive it.Alfred the dummy in a ventriloquist act.
11/10/46  Actor, the 
 Cain's Dept. Store 
 Story of Jeanne Claire 
Am I disturbing you? I hope not. I don't mean to intrude. I just stopped in for half an hour with a story. Jeanie Claire and the guy with the gloves.
12/15/46  Aunt Emmy 
 Story of Lucy 
City people are gregarious by nature and they feel more at home in a crowd. Rural folks, on the other hand, usually prefer solitude.Niece comes to visit aunt in rural setting.
04/25/48  Bad Dreams 
 Man Dreams of Electrocution 
 Perchance to Dream 
Clocks - all over the city - clocks; little clocks, big ones, new ones just learning to count, old ones - old hands at the game.Elliot Lewis and Jeanette Nolan star. Written by Lucille Fletcher.
01/12/47  Lively Ghost 
 Cowlings & Ghosts 
 Past or Present 
 Ghost Stories 
Do you like ghost stories? Do you like to feel the blood run down your spinal column like the mercury in a thermometer that's been plunged into ice cold water?Kay and Larry Cowling
03/02/47  Man Who Lived Once Before 
 Reincarnation 
 Story of John Shepley 
Felus Domesticus, better known as the common house cat is rumored to have nine lives, while man is presumed to have but one. Such is the common conception.John Shefley returned to a life he had once lived before as a murderer.
05/25/47  Angel with Two Faces 
 Yesterday's Newspaper 
 Eddie 
 Exclusive Story 
From the point of view of time, the world is filled with objects that are aged. The giant redwood trees in California .Francine Multon acquitted of murder.
09/18/47  Ophelia 
 Ophelia the Cat 
 Strike Back from the Grave 
From the point of view of time there are three critical events in the life of a human being and all three are represented by the proper documents.Last Will and Testament. "Strike Back From the Grave"
01/26/47  Spangler's Attic 
 Time in Reverse 
 Loring Square 
 Lily Spangler 
Good evening all - I'd like to tell you of an interesting theory in regard to time. There are some who say the past is never gone.London, 1900
10/16/47  Hazel 
 Charlie Gifford's Destiny 
 Mystery of Loring Square 
 Husband's Life Insurance 
Good evening all. Do you realize that at this very moment the world is teeming with important events? A man in Hong Kong is.Wife Hazel is sick and tired of poor Charlie's meager salary.
11/24/46  Story of John Littlefield 
 Mr. Littlefield 
Good evening. I'm glad to see you set your clock again for me. I've brought you another story. It was told to me by a friend of mine.Mr. Littlefield's wife does not like him working late.
11/03/46  Wilber 
 My Loving Wife 
Got a little time to spare? 30 minutes maybe by the clock? But first, maybe, I'd better introduce myself.Wilbur Cook and the time clock. 13 years of never being late or absent
06/15/47  Island Paradise 
 Singapore 
 Preston and Reagan 
Halfway around the world at the tip of the Malay peninsula a sprawling city lies baking in the tropic sun - SingaporeSingapore which has sometimes given shelter to a murderer.
03/23/47  Pretty Cousin Amy  Have you ever noticed that time has a sameness about itself? For instance, an hour will always remain exactly that - 60 minutes, no more, no less.Joe and Nora Spencer
09/25/47  Deadlier Than the Male 
 Retribution 
 Cleo 
Have you ever seen a ghost? I mean a real honest-to-goodness phantom complete with translucent bed-sheets and staring eyes.Ghosts do exist for some people - only to them it is "retribution".
12/01/46  One-Eyed Cat  Have you ever seen a one-eyed cat? I saw one once, and its skin was the color of polished ebony.Jasper Wake's cat.
04/27/47  Criminal Mind 
 Perfect Crime 
 Detective Killer 
Have you ever seen the inside of a watch? Of course you have. Unless you happened to be a watch-maker by trade, it must have presented a rather confusing picture.Detective Lieutenant - creates the perfect crime
11/17/46  All the Money in the World 
 Millionaire 
 Joey 
Hello, nice to see you again. Fun to be back? Got a little time to spare? 30 MinutesJoey Harper -
10/02/47  Jekyll and Hyde Gangster 
 Beauty and the Beast 
How many stories have you heard that begin with the words "once upon a time"? Hundreds, perhaps..Widow takes in bum.
02/02/47  Bank Vault 
 Bill Phillips, Safecracker 
I suppose that most of the words that poets and philosophers have written throughout the ages are notations on the human heart. 
01/01/48  Gertrude 
 Girl With the Animal Charm 
It is recorded that in the beginning of time Cain slew his brother Abel and then .Husband has decided to kill his wife.
07/28/47  Flaming Frances 
 Fire 
Many thousands of years ago when man was still sporting a bear-skin coat, a matted beard and a taste for raw meat, he discovered fire.Hired cook - pyromaniac
05/02/48  Bank Holiday  On the 42nd Bank and Trust Company where Jane Evans used to work, you can hear the clock atom Amy Semple McPhearson's Angelus Temple.Cathy and Elliot Lewis star.
01/19/47  Return of the Vanished Wife 
 Other Woman 
 Story of Emma Stewart 
Our time, as you probably know, is a measurement of the earth's rotation of its axis.Irma Stewart - lost seven years.
04/06/47  Man with the Strange Trunk 
 Death Valley 
 Jail Break 
The dictionary defines the word "tourist" as "one who makes a tour" , a traveler. Someone who goes from place to place.Man with trunk stays in Death Valley motor hotel.
08/11/47  Ted and Cora 
 Power of Suggestion 
 Dream House 
 Ghost Story 
The human mind reacts in two separate ways. While we are awake, out conscious mind is more or less in command..Cheap house for rent.
03/04/48  Nicky 
 Don't Bury Me - I'm Not Dead 
 Nicky Crane 
The meaning and value of time appears to vary according to age. For the infant, time is merely a necessary interval between feedings.Cathy & Elliot Lewis
11/20/47  Lover Boy  The passage of time and the forward trend of civilization have both had a profound influence in changing man.One woman can be more than enough for any man to handle.
02/23/47  Dr. Carter's Experiment 
 Savage Experiment 
 Double Cross 
 Professor Leonard Higgins 
The passage of time has made a profound difference in the habits of the human race. There are isolated spots where time may just have well not existed.Scientific observations of a true barbarian.
03/16/47  Island of Women 
 Adam and Eve 
 Amazon Island 
 Original Man and Original Woman 
The story of Adam and Eve goes back in time to the very beginning of time and it is a tale that keeps repeating itself.Doris Nettle on cruise from SF to Honolulu
12/29/46  Helping Hand 
 Summerville 
 Chance & Coincidence 
The wheels of chance, like the hands of time move slowly. But time is more dependable. Chance is not only a gamble.Chance and coincidence - a fine pair. Howard Williams - a recent arrival in Summerville
06/22/47  Man Who Couldn't Lose 
 Thou Shalt Not Kill 
 Gambler's Luck 
The world is full of statistics and statistics are often measured from the point of view of time.Smiley Stone - 6th Commandment
06/08/47  Coming Events 
 Death in Red 
 Fortune Teller 
There are three provinces in the kingdom of time; the past, the present, and the future.1912 Carnival Fortune Teller - predicts danger in red.
06/29/47  Behind the Mask 
 Crippled Wife-Seductress 
There is a theory that man, like time, has two identities. Time's countenance is day and its alter ego is night.Philanthropic husband with invalid wife.
03/09/47  Good Valet 
 Poor Exchange 
 Fair Exchange 
Time and distance are closely related and one is often measured by the other. For instance, the distance to the stars is not measured in miles.Former valet to Gregory Richards.
05/04/47  Guilty, As Always 
 Mistaken Identity 
 Story of Mark Wainhart 
Time is a ???? and as frisky as a colt and very fond of parlor tricks. Its collaborator in practical skullduggery is the .Detective Brophy - 10-year veteran. Ann Lawrence killed.
05/09/48  Liz  Time is a cautious banker who seldom floats a loan and he numbers his depositors in the billions. When you open an account.Lurene Tuttle & Joseph Kearns
07/06/47  Hypnotist 
 After Midnight 
 Party 
 Hypnotic Murders 
 Luther 
Time is most dramatic in the streets of a great metropolis. Like a three-act play, it divides itself into.Girl is followed and steals wallet from a man who hypnotizes her.
02/09/47  Hitchhiker 
 Lefty and Delilah 
Time is uniform. There are just so many seconds and hours and minutes in each day. Their length never changes, and yet.On the road alone to Salt Lake City. Driver picks up girl at gas station.
07/21/47  Gus Fowler 
 Death Announces Her Visit 
 Rendezvous with Death 
Time is usually something we take for granted - something dependable that we rarely think of directly unless the need is vital.Mr. Gus Fowler - terminally ill.
04/13/47  Star-Crossed Lovers 
 Cliff and Juliet 
Time makes many changes. The passage of years affects our habits, our thoughts and our physical appearance.Fear of the unknown. Juliet and Cliff.
05/11/47  Only Death is Timeless 
 Mrs. Crocker 
Time moves slowly but its power is great. There is nothing material on this earth that can escape its effects. The mighty coliseum.Billy injured at school.
12/08/46  Jungle Drums 
 Love Triangle 
Would it surprise you if I said I was a rather frivolous fellow? Well, I am. I know your answer - Rio - a city where anything can happen - and everything does.



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Title Listing by Alternate names

  Accepted Title Alternate Title
  Bank Holiday
  Liz
  Lover Boy
  One-Eyed Cat
  Pretty Cousin Amy
  Hollywood Heartache   Actor
  Island of Women   Adam and Eve
  Hypnotist   After Midnight
  Island of Women   Amazon Island
  Jekyll and Hyde Gangster   Beauty and the Beast
  Bank Vault   Bill Phillips, Safecracker
  Actor, the   Cain's Dept. Store
  Helping Hand   Chance & Coincidence
  Hazel   Charlie Gifford's Destiny
  Deadlier Than the Male   Cleo
  Star-Crossed Lovers   Cliff and Juliet
  Lively Ghost   Cowlings & Ghosts
  Behind the Mask   Crippled Wife-Seductress
  Gus Fowler   Death Announces Her Visit
  Coming Events   Death in Red
  Man with the Strange Trunk   Death Valley
  Criminal Mind   Detective Killer
  Nicky   Don't Bury Me - I'm Not Dead
  Dr. Carter's Experiment   Double Cross
  Ted and Cora   Dream House
  Mental Telepathy   Dummy
  Angel with Two Faces   Eddie
  Angel with Two Faces   Exclusive Story
  Good Valet   Fair Exchange
  Flaming Frances   Fire
  Coming Events   Fortune Teller
  Man Who Couldn't Lose   Gambler's Luck
  Lively Ghost   Ghost Stories
  Ted and Cora   Ghost Story
  Gertrude   Girl With the Animal Charm
  Hazel   Husband's Life Insurance
  Hypnotist   Hypnotic Murders
  Man with the Strange Trunk   Jail Break
  All the Money in the World   Joey
  Hitchhiker   Lefty and Delilah
  Spangler's Attic   Lily Spangler
  Spangler's Attic   Loring Square
  Jungle Drums   Love Triangle
  Hypnotist   Luther
  Bad Dreams   Man Dreams of Electrocution
  All the Money in the World   Millionaire
  Guilty, As Always   Mistaken Identity
  Story of John Littlefield   Mr. Littlefield
  Only Death is Timeless   Mrs. Crocker
  Mental Telepathy   Murder Will Out
  Wilber   My Loving Wife
  Hazel   Mystery of Loring Square
  Nicky   Nicky Crane
  Ophelia   Ophelia the Cat
  Island of Women   Original Man and Original Woman
  Return of the Vanished Wife   Other Woman
  Hypnotist   Party
  Lively Ghost   Past or Present
  Bad Dreams   Perchance to Dream
  Criminal Mind   Perfect Crime
  Good Valet   Poor Exchange
  Ted and Cora   Power of Suggestion
  Island Paradise   Preston and Reagan
  Dr. Carter's Experiment   Professor Leonard Higgins
  Man Who Lived Once Before   Reincarnation
  Gus Fowler   Rendezvous with Death
  Deadlier Than the Male   Retribution
  Dr. Carter's Experiment   Savage Experiment
  Island Paradise   Singapore
  Return of the Vanished Wife   Story of Emma Stewart
  Hollywood Heartache   Story of George and Arlene
  Actor, the   Story of Jeanne Claire
  Man Who Lived Once Before   Story of John Shepley
  Aunt Emmy   Story of Lucy
  Guilty, As Always   Story of Mark Wainhart
  Ophelia   Strike Back from the Grave
  Helping Hand   Summerville
  Man Who Couldn't Lose   Thou Shalt Not Kill
  Spangler's Attic   Time in Reverse
  Angel with Two Faces   Yesterday's Newspaper



Show listings compiled by Judi Wegley
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