The Big Clock

The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!

1948 · 95 min · ★ 7.3 · Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by John Farrow · Written by Jonathan Latimer

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Ray Milland George Stroud
Charles Laughton Earl Janoth
Maureen O'Sullivan Georgette Stroud
George Macready Steve Hagen
Rita Johnson Pauline York
Elsa Lanchester Louise Patterson
Harold Vermilyea Don Klausmeyer
Dan Tobin Roy Cordette
Harry Morgan Bill Womack
Richard Webb Nat Sperling
Elaine Riley Lily Gold
Luis van Rooten Edwin Orlin

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