Still from The Big Clock — The Big Clock (1948) — John FarrowPhotographed by John F. Seitz

John Farrow

The Big Clock

Name: The Big Clock
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1948
Duration: 95 min

United States / English / 1948 / 1h 35m

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Crime Thriller

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Synopsis

One of the finest suspense thrillers of the 1940s, THE BIG CLOCK stars Ray Milland as a hapless crime-magazine editor plunged into a web of danger when he begins being systematically framed for murder by his megalomaniac boss (played by a marvelously menacing, mustachioed Charles Laughton). Based on the classic noir novel by Kenneth Fearing, this ingeniously plotted twist on the wrong-man mystery boasts a striking visual design that turns a sleek Manhattan office building into a labyrinth of paranoia.