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starring: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Laughton, George Macready, Rita Johnson directed by: John Farrow See Larger Image Used Price: $3.50 Collectible Price: $14.98 Third Party New Price: $6.95 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783217390 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 0783217390 Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: September 17, 1996 Running Time: 95 minutes Sales Rank: 21841 Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 1948 Related Items: Criss Cross (Universal Noir Collection) This Gun For Hire (Universal Noir Collection) Black Angel (Universal Noir Collection) The Woman in the Window (MGM Film Noir) Dangerous Crossing (Fox Film Noir) see more Editorial Review: Amazon.com: What if you were asked to investigate a murder in which you were the prime suspect? From this seemingly impossible notion comes a grandly entertaining nail-biter. Charles Laughton plays the punctuality obsessed, slave-driving head of a publishing empire who won't let his crime magazine's star editor (Ray Milland) take a day off to spend with his family. The overworked Milland, having just upset a delayed honeymoon trip for the umpteenth time, goes on a sorrow-drowning, bar-hopping bender with a mysterious woman who, it turns out, is Laughton's mistress. Later that night after Milland has gone home, Laughton murders her, and the next day he assigns Milland to investigate, since a number of clues point to her having spent time with another man that night. Milland, then, must not only find the real murderer but sidetrack the investigation away from himself. That both characters are solving the crime in tandem yet unwittingly working toward pinning the murder on each other is at the heart of The Big Clock's labyrinthine brilliance. Helping bring out the dark humor in this adaptation of Kenneth Fearing's noir novel (included in the Library of America's Crime Novels collection) is Elsa Lanchester as a high-strung painter who can sketch the prime suspect (Milland), a time-bomb plot device that only adds to the already unbearable suspense. This is a taut, lean thriller, superbly handled by director John Farrow, who never fails to remind his audience through repeated use of clocks, timepieces, and watches that all too often in our lives that ticking sound is the enemy. This was remade in 1987 with Kevin Costner as No Way Out. --Robert Abele Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Ticking toward the climax Ray Milland beset by events beyond his control, Charles Laughton at his feindish best, strange charactors galore. This is film noir at its peak. The (murder) mystery is far from solved even though we watch it take place because we have to wait and see WHO gets the blame. Many charactor actors populate this movie - George Macready, Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Laughton), Lloyd Corrigan, and others with familiar faces but forgotten names donate to the narrative. Moments of humor relieve the tension ... Read More Rating: - A fascinating, well-made crime film Crime magazine editor, George Stroud (Ray Miland), is about to go on his first holiday in years when he finds himself involved in the murder of his boss's mistress. Not knowing that Stroud is involved, Stroud's boss, Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), has Stroud search for the man that was with his mistress the night before her death (which happens to be Stroud), while Stroud searches for the true killer in order to acquit himself of the crime. "The Big Clock" is not a murder-mystery, as the audience ... Read More Rating: - Milland, Laughton, Lanchester and Macready in a minor gem from the great Studio days This film is classified as a film noir but visually, at least, it is fairly bright. While the prologue and one scene near the end are enveloped in satisfyingly inky shadows, the most memorable scenes and the moments of highest tension take place beneath a cold, corporate glare. As far as the drama goes, though, it's noir all the way: an ordinary schnook does something that he knows perfectly well he ought not to do and all-too soon finds himself in a cold sweat as he attempts to wriggle out of the deadly consequences ... Read More Rating: - The Big Clock Memorable for its edgy dialogue and tense, sinister atmosphere, John Farrow's 1948 adaptation of Kenneth Fearing's novel boasts an ingenious plot device: two characters, one guilty and one innocent, both attempt to "solve" a crime in which they are circumstantially implicated. Milland, solid as ever, anchors the action as the cornered protagonist, while portly Charles Laughton is superbly loathsome as the controlling, megalomaniac killer. Fine support from Maureen O'Sullivan, Elsa Lanchester, and Harry Morgan--chilling ... Read More Rating: - hardly the noir classic id been led to believe poor ray milland gets caught up in a wacko murder plot and illicit love affair in this overrated film noir from director john farrow, who is best remembered for directing second-rate movies and siring a second-rate actress. even charles laughton is dull here! see more Browse for similar items by category: Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - Classics Drama - Genres - VHS - Video - General AAS Blackmail, Murder & Mayhem - Mystery & Suspense - Genres - VHS - Video - Murder By Theme - Mystery & Suspense - Genres - VHS - Video - Double Life Mystery & Suspense - Genres - VHS - Video - Film Noir