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.
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Movie1948·95 min
The Big Clock
Directed by John Farrow
A crime thriller film directed by John Farrow.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 24%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.3/10
186 ratings
About The Big Clock
- Pacing
- Brisk (6 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Tense, Stylized
- Story Tags
- betrayal, corruption power, fate destiny, mid century, showbiz media, new york, workplace, colleagues, everyman, anti hero, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, hidden identity, corruption
