The Big Clock

The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller directed by John Farrow, based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Fearing. The black-and-white film is set in New York City and stars Ray Milland and Maureen O'Sullivan. Real-life married couple Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton appear in the film, as does Harry Morgan, in an early film role, as a hired thug. The story is told in flashback. When it begins, George Stroud (Ray Milland) is shown hi... more

The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller directed by John Farrow, based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Fearing. The black-and-white film is set in New York City and stars Ray Milland and Maureen O'Sullivan. Real-life married couple Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton appear in the film, as does Harry Morgan, in an early film role, as a hired thug. The story is told in flashback. When it begins, George Stroud (Ray Milland) is shown hiding from the police behind the "big clock" ― the largest and most sophisticated one ever built, which dominates the lobby of the giant publishing company where he works. Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor who is eager to spend more time with his wife (Maureen O'Sullivan), plans a long-postponed vacation from his job. Instead of meeting his wife at the train station, however, Stroud is preoccupied by an offer by his boss. He begins drinking and spends the evening out on the town with a glamorous blonde. She is later murdered and... less