The Big Clock (1948)

7.3/10 95 min Crime Thriller

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.

Cast

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

Lloyd Corrigan

McKinley

Frank Orth

Burt

Margaret Field

Second Secretary

Philip Van Zandt

Sidney Kislav

Henri Letondal

Antique Dealer

Douglas Spencer

Bert Finch

Bobby Watson

Morton Spalding

B.G. Norman

George Jr.

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