The Big Clock | |
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Directed by | John Farrow |
Screenplay by | Jonathan Latimer |
Based on | The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing |
Produced by | Richard Maibaum |
Starring | Ray Milland Charles Laughton |
Cinematography | John F. Seitz Daniel L. Fapp (uncredited) |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone Eda Warren (supervisor) |
Music by | Victor Young |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2 million (U.S. rentals)[1] |
The Big Clock is a 1948 American film noir 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 stars Ray Milland and Charles Laughton, with Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, and Elsa Lanchester. Harry Morgan, in an early film role, also appears, while Noel Neill has an uncredited bit part as an elevator operator.[2]