The Big Clock (film)

The Big Clock
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Farrow
Screenplay byJonathan Latimer
Based onThe Big Clock
by Kenneth Fearing
Produced byRichard Maibaum
StarringRay Milland
Charles Laughton
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Daniel L. Fapp (uncredited)
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Eda Warren (supervisor)
Music byVictor Young
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1948 (1948-04-09) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (U.S. rentals)[1]

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 black-and-white 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, also appear. Noel Neill has an uncredited part as an elevator operator very early in the film.[2]