The Big Clock
1948 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 7.3
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
Based on The Big Clock
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-03-18
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (184 votes)
Themes
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- clock
- magazine
- film noir
- murder
- framed for a crime
- publisher
- crime fiction writer
- sundial
Cast & crew
Ray Milland
as George Stroud
Charles Laughton
as Earl Janoth
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Georgette Stroud
George Macready
as Steve Hagen
Rita Johnson
as Pauline York
Elsa Lanchester
as Louise Patterson
Harold Vermilyea
as Don Klausmeyer
Dan Tobin
as Roy Cordette
Harry Morgan
as Bill Womack
Richard Webb
as Nat Sperling
Directed by John Farrow