# The Big Clock 1948 ★★★★ CC: Film-Noir/Thriller \[1:35:25\]

The Big Clock is a 1948 American thriller directed by John Farrow and adapted by novelist-screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from the 1946 novel of the same title by Kenneth Fearing. The film is set in New York City, and stars Ray Milland, Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan. Elsa Lanchester and Harry Morgan, in an early film role. Noel Neill has an uncredited part as an elevator operator very early in the film. Plot: Anticipating a much-needed vacation from Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), his abusive boss, magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland) finally reaches a breaking point when Janoth insists he skip his honeymoon and go out of town on assignment. Stroud resigns and finds solace over multiple drinks with his boss' unhappy mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), at a local bar. Together they come up with a half-inebriated plot to embarrass Janoth, but the plan takes an unexpected turn toward murder.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1948
- Runtime: 1 h 35 min
- By: Richard Maibaum
- Genres: Crime, Film noir
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-big-clock-1948_202412)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- US copyright record: Its uploader marked it public domain; the US Copyright Office's records show its copyright renewed on 18 April 1975 by EMKA, division of Universal City Studios, Inc. (PWH) ([Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, vol. 29 (1975), p. 102, renewal R603241](https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3291213libr/page/n123))
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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