The Big Clock

Starring: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, et al.

Product Description

A crime-magazine publisher kills his mistress, then orders his editor to lead a manhunt. Directed by John Farrow.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 025192550126
• Release Date: January 2004
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: John Farrow
• Starring: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Harold Vermilyea, Dan Tobin, Henry Morgan, Richard Webb
• Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Full Screen; NTSC; Subtitled
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Ray Milland has an appointment with suspense.

Happily married or would be if he were not a workaholic, George Stroud (Ray Milland) works for a crime magazine publishing company. The megalomaniac owner and ironfisted controller of the magazine is Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton). Earl’s mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson), insults him one too many times, and in a fit, he dispatches her. Now, who can he pin the dirty deed on? Sure, the uppity George Stroud. To make matters worse, it seems that Stroud, who tells his wife (Maureen O'Sullivan) he was working late, was seen as the unnamed man by several witnesses in the presence of Pauline. Looks like it is curtains for Stroud. He just keeps getting in deeper and deeper. Time is getting scarcer as we watch “The Big Clock.” I see no way out. Do You? This black-and-white film, based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing with a screenplay by Jonathan Latimer, could have easily been a H-i-t-c-h-c-o-c-k presentation. You will want to own a copy to find the nuances missed the first time around.