The Big Clock

The Big Clock

The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!

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Release Date

3/18/1948

Runtime

95 mins

Overview

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth 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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A taut, ingenious thriller where a crime editor hunting a killer discovers the investigation turning against him, trapping him in an escalating game of cat-and-mouse with his own obsessive machinery.

Mood

TenseParanoidUnsettling

Themes

ObsessionJusticeCorruptionIdentity

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Black and whiteHandheldHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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