Movie · 1948
The Big Clock
“The Strangest and Most Savage Manhunt in History!”
Released 18 March 1948 95 min Crime / Thriller More from 1948 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss 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.
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How old were they?
Frank Orth
as Burt
Frank Hagney
as Ice Man (uncredited)
James Burke
as O'Brien
Harold Vermilyea
as Don Klausmeyer
Charles Laughton
as Earl Janoth
George Macready
as Steve Hagen
Lloyd Corrigan
as McKinley
Elsa Lanchester
as Louise Patterson
Philip Van Zandt
as Sidney Kislav
Ray Milland
as George Stroud
Luis van Rooten
as Edwin Orlin
Theresa Harris
as Daisy (uncredited)
Douglas Spencer
as Bert Finch
Dan Tobin
as Roy Cordette
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Georgette Stroud
Rita Johnson
as Pauline York
Harry Morgan
as Bill Womack
Richard Webb
as Nat Sperling
Elaine Riley
as Lily Gold
Margaret Field
as Second Secretary
Ruth Roman
as Secretary at Meeting (uncredited)
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Frank Orth — oldest on the call sheet
25Ruth Roman — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast