The Big Clock

Striking film noir classic stars Ray Milland as George Stroud, a crime magazine editor who has a liaison with Pauline, a beautiful woman who turns out to be the mistress of his boss, tyrannical publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton). When a jealous Janoth murders Pauline, he sets out to frame the "other man" for the crime and assigns the job of finding him to Stroud. Rita Johnson, George Macready, and Elsa Lanchester also star in this suspenser that inspired 1987's "No Way Out." 96 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Uncompressed mono; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; featurettes; 1948 radio broadcast; photo gallery; theatrical trailer.