The Big Clock
1948 · 95 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 10,166 VOTES · DIR. John Farrow
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 (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,338 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:44 Whew! That was close.
00:05:48 Newsways, please. Newsways.
00:09:24 Yes, Mr. Janoth.
00:12:35 I had more in the bank then than I have now, and my wife still hasn't had a honeymoon.
00:16:41 Does she know I'm married?
00:19:51 But you can't fire a man because he doesn't like red ink.
00:23:13 Mr. Stroud?
00:26:23 That's the trouble with the world: time. There's too much of it.
00:29:25 Burt, a bubble. A nice, big bubble.
00:32:53 Wait'll you hear the elevator, then use the stairs.
00:36:45 I left that.
00:41:54 George, Janoth. I behaved very badly yesterday.
00:46:01 A... confidential source. We're pledged not to reveal it.
00:50:10 Oh, that's swell of ya, George. Good-bye.
00:53:48 I'll phone him and send him out to see Patterson. Good.
00:57:09 Oh, sorry.
01:01:59 A lost masterpiece. Randolph or somebody's bound to bite.
01:05:10 You have witnesses?
01:08:35 He was in here recently with a stunning blonde
01:12:31 Naturally.
01:16:37 Yes? Stand by, George. Mr. Janoth wants to speak to you.
01:20:24 George! Come on. This way.
01:25:40 It started again.
01:31:55 We'll see what they say about that at headquarters.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,338
Dialogue density14.1 lines / min
First line00:02:44
Final line01:31:55
Production Record
DirectorJohn Farrow
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes10,166