The Big Clock

The Big Clock

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | March 18, 1948

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth 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 (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.

The Big Clock

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | March 18, 1948

The Big Clock
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth 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 (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Paramount
Original title The Big Clock
Directors John Farrow, Herbert Coleman
Writers Jonathan Latimer, Kenneth Fearing

Cast

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

Elaine Riley

as Lily Gold

Luis van Rooten

as Edwin Orlin

Lloyd Corrigan

as McKinley

Frank Orth

as Burt

Margaret Field

as Second Secretary

Philip Van Zandt

as Sidney Kislav

Henri Letondal

as Antique Dealer

Douglas Spencer

as Bert Finch

Bobby Watson

as Morton Spalding

B.G. Norman

as George Jr.

Joey Ray

as Joe Talbot

Frances Morris

as Grace Adams

Harry Rosenthal

as Charlie

Ernö Verebes

as Waiter

James Burke

as O'Brien

Lucille Barkley

as Hatcheck Girl

Bess Flowers

as Woman in Conference Room (uncredited)

Noel Neill

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Julia Faye

as Secretary (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

as Daisy (uncredited)

Lucy Knoch

as Secretary (uncredited)

Judy Nugent

as Penelope Patterson (uncredited)

Ruth Roman

as Secretary at Meeting (uncredited)

Bea Allen

as Betty (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Guard at Janoth Building (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Editor at Conference Table (uncredited)