Episode 491: The Big Clock (1947)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

#Noirvember 2020 kicks off with a look at John Farrow's The Big Clock (1947). Based on the 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing, it's the story of George Stroud (Ray Milland) an editor at Crimeways magazine and employee of Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton). When a woman that both Stroud and Janoth have been sleeping with is murdered, Stroud is put on the case to find out who was last seen with the victim. And, of course, that last person looks a lot like him.

Terry Frost and Tim Luz join Mike to discuss the film as well as it's official... and unofficial remakes.
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Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.5	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:11.1	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:14.9	People pay good money to see this movie. When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and milk monsters in the projection booth.
0:23.6	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:25.6	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off. Suspense! Suspense.
0:59.3	Radio's outstanding theater of thrills presents Ray Maland in a preview of his forthcoming paramount picture, The Big Clock.
1:03.6	But first, a word from the director of this program, Mr. Anton M. Leader.
1:08.7	Suspense is my business.
1:11.2	But of the hundreds of spine-chilling tales I've seen, heard, or red,
1:14.9	the big clock tops the list for its relentless grip on the emotions
1:18.4	for its ever-mounting spell of suspense.
1:21.7	And now, Ray Maland in highlights of his amazing role in The Big Clock.
1:30.0	My time is running out.
1:32.3	Every second brings me closer to death.
1:34.9	They're hunting for me everywhere, but they don't know how close I am.
1:39.2	Right here, trapped by the big clock.
1:42.1	An average guy with a family and a job he liked.
1:45.1	With everything turned upside down by the strange things that happened in 36 hours.
1:50.0	A wonderful afternoon with Georgette.
1:52.1	He wanted me for all the right reasons.
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