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The Big Clock(1948)
Status: Released
Date: 1948-03-18
73%
171 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!
Overview:
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
Languages: Italian, English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Big Clock
Top 10 Billed Cast
Ray Milland
George Stroud
Charles Laughton
Earl Janoth
Maureen O'Sullivan
Georgette Stroud
George Macready
Steve Hagen
Rita Johnson
Pauline York
Elsa Lanchester
Louise Patterson
Harold Vermilyea
Don Klausmeyer
Dan Tobin
Roy Cordette
Harry Morgan
Bill Womack
Richard Webb
Nat Sperling
Video Trailer The Big Clock
Video: The Big Clock Trailer 1948
The Big Clock Trailer 1948
Joe Dante on THE BIG CLOCK
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The Big Clock Trailer 1948 - Trailer
Joe Dante on THE BIG CLOCK - Featurette
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