

The Big Clock
1948-03-18 · 95 min · ★ 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.
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- Directors
- John Farrow
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Ray MillandGeorge Stroud
Charles LaughtonEarl Janoth
Maureen O'SullivanGeorgette Stroud
George MacreadySteve Hagen
Rita JohnsonPauline York
Elsa LanchesterLouise Patterson
Harold VermilyeaDon Klausmeyer
Dan TobinRoy Cordette
Harry MorganBill Womack
Richard WebbNat Sperling
Elaine RileyLily Gold
Luis van RootenEdwin Orlin
Lloyd CorriganMcKinley
Frank OrthBurt
Margaret FieldSecond Secretary
Philip Van ZandtSidney Kislav
Henri LetondalAntique Dealer
Douglas SpencerBert Finch
Bobby WatsonMorton Spalding
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