Top billed cast

1. 

   Ray Milland

   George Stroud

2. 

   Charles Laughton

   Earl Janoth

3. 

   Maureen O'Sullivan

   Georgette Stroud

4. 

   George Macready

   Steve Hagen

5. 

   Rita Johnson

   Pauline York

6. 

   Elsa Lanchester

   Louise Patterson

7. 

   Harold Vermilyea

   Don Klausmeyer

8. 

   Dan Tobin

   Roy Cordette

9. 

   Harry Morgan

   Bill Womack

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-01-05

How did I get into this rat race?

Egomaniac publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) murders his mistress in a fit of temper. He then uses all his power and connections to pin the crime on another man seen close to the crime. George Stroud (Ray Milland), editor of Janoth's own Crimeways magazine, is put in charge of tracing the mystery man. Which is fine until he finds that as he digs deeper, all the evidence points to he himself being the fall guy!

Ostensibly film noir it may be, but The Big Clock still has something to offer even the most casual of cinema goer. Directed by the still...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

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