Taut thriller, Laughton is terrific!
“The Big Clock” opens with George Stroud (Ray Milland) trapped, his life in danger. In flashback, we learn that Stroud works for media mogul Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) as the editor of Crimeways magazine. Janoth runs his empire with minute-by-minute precision and is fixated on clocks, especially the huge clock he installed atop the skyscraper that bears his name.<br /><br />Stroud laments that only twenty-four hours earlier, he was just about to depart for a long-delayed honeymoon with his wife, Georgette (Maureen O’Sullivan), and their young son, when Janoth ordered him to cancel his plans yet again to follow up on a hot story. Stroud refuses and is fired, setting in motion a chain of events that leave him a suspect in a murder.<br /><br />Now unemployed and depressed, Stroud misses his wife’s train and encounters Pauline York (Rita Johnson), Janoth’s unhappy mistress. They get drunk together as they they hit one bar after another. The next day, sober, Stroud joins Georgette on their vacation, but Janoth soon phones to apologize and ask him to lead an investigation into the identity and whereabouts of a murderer on the run. Putting clues together, Stroud soon realizes that he is the unidentified suspect. As the police close in, Stroud tries to subvert the investigation to throw his staff off track.<br /><br />Director John Farrow has crafted a first-rate suspense film with touches of film noir, screwball comedy, and traditional thriller. The performances of Milland and Laughton are excellent, and the fine supporting cast includes Elsa Lanchester (Laughton’s wife) as an eccentric artist who figures prominently in the film’s second half. Clearly on hand for comic relief, her Louise Patterson is an unheralded artist ready with a humorous quip or non sequitur. Her high-pitched laughter often throws off those around her, who suspect she’s either nervous or simply crazy. George Macready plays Steve Hagen, Janoth’s close associate and advisor, and Harry Morgan (TV’s “M*A*S*H”) is Bill Womack, Janoth’s lurking, sinister Man Friday. Character actor Lloyd Corrigan plays a jovial radio actor who comes in handy when Stroud appears to be at the end of his rope.<br /><br />Laughton turns in a memorable performance of the time-obsessed Janoth, with quirky mannerisms and affectations to show the character’s eccentricities and establish him as an insufferable megalomaniac who relishes his ability to control the lives of his employees. Any compliments or attention he provides are strictly tied to ulterior motives. Laughton’s Janoth makes an almost regal entrance into his board room with his entourage, instantly notices an absent editor, comments, and moves on, not wasting a moment. This role represents some of Laughton’s finest work on the big screen.<br /><br />Milland was a popular leading man of the period and does a splendid job of Stroud pretending to lead a thorough investigation while trying to find out who the actual killer is before he’s arrested. Virtually trapped in the Janoth Building, he contrives to elude witnesses and scores of cops as he stealthily moves from one floor to the next, one office to another, the building a frustrating labyrinth with no escape.<br /><br />Director Farrow uses long takes with the camera tracking actors who move in and out of frame. Often, the camera will follow a character from one office to another, which gives the film a constant sense of movement even though it’s set almost entirely in a single office building. He doesn’t use close-ups much, but when he does, the compositions are dramatic, as when Janoth’s mouth twitches in anger. Lighting varies from very bright in office scenes to shadowy in the building’s corridors and clock control room. Briskly paced, “The Big Clock” is based on a novel by Kenneth Fearing with a screenplay by Jonathan Latimer.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Region A Blu-ray release include audio commentary; an analysis of the film; a filmed appreciation of Charles Laughton, his career, and his performance in “The Big Clock;” a radio dramatization of “The Big Clock;” theatrical trailer; gallery of original stills and promotional materials; booklet featuring a critical review; and reversible sleeve with two artwork options.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Adapted by acclaimed screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from a novel by the equally renowned crime author Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock is a superior suspense film which classily combines screwball comedy with heady thrills..