The Big Clock(1948)
The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss 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 that he is the killer.
Movie: The Big Clock
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George Stroud
Earl Janoth
Georgette Stroud
Steve Hagen
Pauline York
Louise Patterson
Don Klausmeyer
Roy Cordette
Bill Womack
Nat Sperling
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