The Big Clock

The Big Clock (1948)

The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!

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.

Date of release
1948-03-18
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (193)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Director
John Farrow

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Big Clock

The Big Clock is a 1948 American film noir thriller directed by John Farrow and adapted by novelist-screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from the 1946 novel of the same title by Kenneth Fearing. The Big Clock stars Ray Milland and Charles Laughton, with Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson and Elsa Lanchester in support.

Production

Paramount bought the rights to the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing before publication for a reported $45,000. Fearing's 1939 novel The Hospital had been a best seller. Jonathan Latimer was assigned to write the script and Ray Milland to star. Leslie Fenton was announced as director, but he was held up on Saigon so John Farrow took over. Charles Laughton was cast as the villain Earl Janoth.

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