The Big Clock 1948 When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janoth commits an act of murder at the height of passion, he cleverly begins to cover his tracks and frame an innocent man whose identity he doesnt know but who just happens to have contact with the murder victim That man is a close associate on his magazine whom he enlists to trap this killer George Stroud Its up to George to continue to help Janoth, to elude the police and to find proof of his innocence and Janoths guilt