The Big Clock

About The Big Clock

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.

The Big Clock is a 1948 crime thriller film directed by John Farrow. Ray Milland appears as George Stroud, Charles Laughton as Earl Janoth, Maureen O'Sullivan as Georgette Stroud, and George Macready as Steve Hagen.

Released in March 1948, it runs 95 minutes. Written by Jonathan Latimer. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under film noir, magazine, publisher, and clock. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 192 TMDB voters.

GoodFellas, The Godfather Part II, and Once Upon a Time in America make useful companions to The Big Clock, all filed under murder and new york city.