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Also known as Big Clock

1948 film by John Farrow

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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.

Released: 1948-03-1895 minDir: John FarrowCrime, Thriller

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

Themes

  • new york city
  • based on novel or book
  • clock
  • magazine
  • film noir
  • murder
  • framed for a crime
  • publisher
  • crime fiction writer
  • sundial

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Ratings

IMDb

7.6/10

10,918 votes

Year
1948
Runtime
95 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
John Farrow
Screenwriter
Jonathan Latimer
Cast member
Dan Tobin
Composer
Victor Young
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Cinematographer
John F. Seitz
Narrative location
New York City
Duration
95
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1948-05-03
title
The Big Clock
after a work by
Kenneth Fearing
distributed by
Netflix
film editor
LeRoy Stone
review score
100%
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