Thriller about a publishing tycoon who kills his mistress and subsequently sets one of his own editors on the story., A reporter must prove he is not a killer after being framed for murder by his media-baron boss. Remade in 1987 as “No Way Out.”, Told in the back-to-front fashion typical of film noir, The Big Clock opens with George Stroud (Ray Milland) trapped, his life in danger, his survival measured in the minute-by-minute movements of the huge central clock of the office building where he’s hiding. In flashback we learn that Stroud works for media baron Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) as the editor of Crimeways magazine. Janoth is a manipulative megalomaniac with various obsessions, including clocks; among other manifestations of the latter fixation, the skyscraper housing his empire’s headquarters has as its central feature a huge clock that reads out the time around the world down to the second. Twenty-four hours earlier, on the eve of a long-delayed combined honeymoon/vacation with his wife (Maureen O’Sullivan), Stroud was ordered by Janoth to cancel the trip, and he resigned. In his depression, Stroud missed his wife’s train and crossed paths with Pauline York (Rita Johnson), Janoth’s very unhappy mistress, and the two commiserated by getting drunk together in a night on the town. While hurriedly leaving Pauline’s apartment, he glimpsed Janoth entering. George sobers up the next day and joins his wife on their vacation, but is soon contacted by Janoth — he apologizes to Stroud and wants him to lead an investigation into a criminal on the run. It immediately becomes clear to George that the man Janoth wants found is Stroud himself, a fact of which Janoth is unaware, because he did not see the face of the man who saw him entering York’s apartment. And Stroud has to return to work on the case, or risk exposure in a scandal that could end his marriage — but when he returns to New York and starts running the investigation, he soon realizes that he’s caught up in a murder, and that he may be next, if Janoth ever realizes the identity of the man he’s trying to find. The two play a clever, disjointed game of cat-and-mouse, Janoth in partnership with his general manager Steve Hagen (George Macready) pushing the investigation, knowing they plan on bringing the suspect in dead, and Stroud doing his best to delay and sidetrack the investigation, playing for time, knowing that the man they’re looking for is standing right next to the two conspirators. Janoth seems near to be unraveling at the lack of conclusion to the hunt, but Stroud can’t ignore the trail of proof and guilt winding ever tighter around both of them, even as it takes some grimly comic twists, mostly over the presence of Elsa Lanchester as a witness who has seen the “suspect.” Milland is perfect in the role of the hapless Stroud, and Laughton is brilliant as the vain, self-centered Janoth, but George Macready is equally good as Hagen, his smooth, upper-crust Waspy smarminess making one’s skin crawl. Also worth noting is Harry Morgan’s sinister, silent performance as Janoth’s personal valet; and sharp-eyed viewers will also recognize such performers as Douglas Spencer and Noel Neill (especially memorable as a tart-tongued elevator operator). Additionally, the Janoth Publications building where most of the action takes place is almost a cast member in itself, an art deco wonder. This film was later remade — much less effectively — as No Way Out.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “The Big Clock ” ?
A: The main cast includes Charles Laughton,Ray Milland,Maureen O’Sullivan,George Macready,Rita Johnson,Elsa Lanchester,Harold Vermilyea,Dan Tobin,Harry Morgan,Richard Webb,Tad Van Brunt,Elaine Riley,Luis Van Rooten,Lloyd Corrigan,Margaret Field,Philip Van Zandt,Henri Letondal,Douglas Spencer,Frank Orth,Bobby Watson,Frances Morris,B.G. Norman,Theresa Harris,James Burke,Erno Verebes,Noel Neill,Earle Hodgins,Edna Holland,Lane Chandler,Lester Dorr,Bert Moorhouse,Bess Flowers,Napoleon Whiting,Lucille Barkley,Diane Stewart,Eric Alden,Harland Tucker,Ralph Dunn,Joe Whitehead,Harry Anderson,Henry Guttman,Len Hendry,Harry Rosenthal,Bea Allen,Mary Currier,Earl Hodgins,Robert Coleman,Norman Leavitt,William Meader,Jerry James,Julia Faye,Pepito Pérez,Barry Norton,Ruth Roman,Gordon Jennings,Hans Dreier,Kenneth Fearing,Jonathan Latimer,John Seitz,LeRoy Stone,Roland Anderson,Edith Head,Albert Nozaki,Gene Ruggiero,Wally Westmore,Sam Comer,Daniel Fapp.
Q: When Did the “The Big Clock” Released?
A: The Movie “The Big Clock” originally aired on 1948-04-09 and released in the year of 1948.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “The Big Clock” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “The Big Clock” ?
A: “The Big Clock” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
