The Big Clock

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The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller about a magazine editor who becomes the prime suspect in a murder he is secretly investigating.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
film noir
thriller film
artDirectionBy Hans Dreier
Roland Anderson
authorOfSourceWork Kenneth Fearing
basedOn The Big Clock self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Big Clock (novel)
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Daniel L. Fapp
costumeDesignBy Edith Head
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Farrow
distributor Paramount Pictures
distributorCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy Leroy Stone
surface form: LeRoy Stone
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat 35 mm
filmMovement classic film noir
genre crime film
film noir
thriller
hasRemake No Way Out
Police Python 357
mainCharacter George Stroud
mainCharacterOccupation magazine editor
musicBy Victor Young
narrativeForm feature film
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A magazine editor becomes the prime suspect in a murder he is secretly investigating.
producer Richard Maibaum
Robert Fellows
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
publicationTypeOfSourceWork novel
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1946
releaseYear 1948
remakeReleaseYear 1976
1987
runtimeMinutes 95
screenplayAdaptationFrom The Big Clock self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Big Clock (novel)
screenwriter Jonathan Latimer
setting New York City
starring Charles Laughton
Elsa Lanchester
George Macready
Harry Morgan
Maureen O'Sullivan
surface form: Maureen O’Sullivan

Ray Milland

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Ray Milland notableWork The Big Clock
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester notableWork The Big Clock
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
John C. Higgins notableWork The Big Clock
Hans Dreier notableWork The Big Clock
this entity surface form: The Big Clock (1948 film)
Anthony Veiller wrote The Big Clock
The Big Clock basedOn The Big Clock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Big Clock (novel)
The Big Clock screenplayAdaptationFrom The Big Clock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Big Clock (novel)
Joseph Walker notableWork The Big Clock
John F. Seitz notableWork The Big Clock
Rita Johnson notableWork The Big Clock