The Big Clock (1948)

03/18/1948Crime, Thriller1h 35m
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The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Ray Milland

    George Stroud

  2. Cast 1

    Charles Laughton

    Earl Janoth

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    Maureen O'Sullivan

    Georgette Stroud

  4. Cast 1

    George Macready

    Steve Hagen

  5. Cast 1

    Rita Johnson

    Pauline York

  6. Cast 1

    Elsa Lanchester

    Louise Patterson

  7. Cast 1

    Harold Vermilyea

    Don Klausmeyer

  8. Cast 1

    Dan Tobin

    Roy Cordette

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    Harry Morgan

    Bill Womack

How did I get into this rat race? Egomaniac publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) murders his mistress in a fit of temper. He then uses all his power and connections to pin the crime on another man seen close to the crime. George Stroud (Ray Milland), editor of Janoth's own Crimeways magazine, is put in charge of tracing the mystery man. Which is fine until he finds that as he digs deeper, all the evidence points to he himself being the fall guy! Ostensibly film noir it may be, but The Big Clock still has something to offer even the most casual of cinema goer. Directed by the still...