The Big Clock=Big Suspense
by Bruce Cantwell
George Stroud (Ray Milland) is in one hell of a jam.
As editor of a successful true crime magazine noted for finding criminals quicker than the police, he is made an offer he can't refuse by his tyrannical publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton).
Stroud must find the man who spent the evening with one of Janoth's paramours Pauline York (Rita Johnson). He can't refuse because he's the man in question. Janoth omits one important detail: Pauline York is dead.
The twist of an investigator watching himself being painted into a corner clue by nerve-wracking crew is wonderful for building suspense. |
Kenneth Fearing's novel is deftly adapted by screenwriter Jonathan Latimer and director John Farrow.
