• The Big Clock

6/19/25 (Thurs)

John Farrow’s 1948 film, based on a novel of two years earlier, straddles the line between screwball comedy and noir thriller, not always successfully.

A tyrannical media mogul spots someone slipping out of his mistress’s apartment just as he arrives, and unwittingly kills her in the brawl that follows. He confesses the crime to his right-hand man and intends to give himself in, but the latter convinces him that they can pin it on the man before him since no one saw the mogul enter. Though he didn’t get a clear look at the man’s face, the boss calls his ace crime reporter George to find the culprit – not realizing that George is in fact the man he’s looking for. Continue reading →