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} A Large Clock occurs as 1948 film noir thriller set inside Up to date York City according to a novel by Kenneth Fearing. A black-and-white film was directed by John Farrow and starred Ray Milland. Real-life married few Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton appear in the film, as does Harry Morgan in an early film role as a film's leased toughie. A picture is told inside flashback. After a moving picture begins, Stroud (Milland) is shown hiding from either a police force behind a "big clock" - a big & virtually all sophisticated clock ever built - which is in the lobby of his publishing firm.

Plot
Stroud, the workaholic trying to spend more instance using his married woman, plans the vacation from either his job as a magazine crime newsman. Instead of meeting his married woman to begin their vacation, Stroud starts sucking down & lives the evening by using a blonde. Late a blonde is witnessed dead & Stroud is tasked by his Hearst-like publication stamp (Laughton) to buy a killer. When investigating, Stroud strains to keep a information of his nighttime by having a woman a secret because he knows he has been seen allowing the scene of the crime. Critical reaction
Reviews of the film inside 1948 also when in todays world remain mostly caring. [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=84976 Bruce Eder writing in the All Movie Guide] writes A Large Clock is "a near-perfect match for the book, telling in generally superb visual style a tale set against the backdrop of upscale 1940s New York and offering an early (but accurate) depiction of the modern media industry."

A film was one of 400 films on the candidate listings for the American Film Institute's "100 Years 100 Thrills" listings of the greatest thrillers inside Western film history. A story was remade in 1987 as No Way Out with Kevin Costner. A 1948 version is additional similar to the novel.

Cast
Ray Milland as George Stroud Charles Laughton as Earl Janath Maureen O'Sullivan as Georgette Stroud George Macready as Steve Hagen Rita Johnson as Pauline York Elsa Lanchester as Louise Patterson Harry Morgan as Bill Womack (as Henry Morgan)

The Big Clock
Turner Classic Movies look at the film noir "directed by John Farrow in an elegant style."

The Big Clock (1948)
Cast, crew and reviews from the Internet Movie Database.

The Big Clock (1948)
Synopsis, review and photographs from the film.

The Big Clock
Extensive review of the film that concludes it is a "dull murder melodrama."

The Big Clock - A Study in Fundamentals
Review by Mike White.

LDS Film: The Importance of Utah in The Big Clock
Discussion focusing on the state's significance in the plot, with dialogue excerpt and pictures.

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