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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.
Keywords
new york city
based on novel or book
clock
magazine
film noir
murder
publisher
crime fiction writer
sundial
investigator framed for crime being investigated
Casts
Ray Milland
George Stroud
Charles Laughton
Earl Janoth
Maureen O'Sullivan
Georgette Stroud
George Macready
Steve Hagen
Rita Johnson
Pauline York
Elsa Lanchester
Louise Patterson
Harold Vermilyea
Don Klausmeyer
Dan Tobin
Roy Cordette
Harry Morgan
Bill Womack
Richard Webb
Nat Sperling
Elaine Riley
Lily Gold
Luis van Rooten
Edwin Orlin
Lloyd Corrigan
McKinley
Frank Orth
Burt
Margaret Field
Second Secretary
Philip Van Zandt
Sidney Kislav
Henri Letondal
Antique Dealer
Douglas Spencer
Bert Finch
Bobby Watson
Morton Spalding
B.G. Norman
George Jr.
Joey Ray
Joe Talbot
Frances Morris
Grace Adams
Harry Rosenthal
Charlie
Ernö Verebes
Waiter
James Burke
O'Brien
Lucille Barkley
Hatcheck Girl
Bess Flowers
Woman in Conference Room (uncredited)
Noel Neill
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Secretary (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Daisy (uncredited)
Lucy Knoch
Secretary (uncredited)
Judy Nugent
Penelope Patterson (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Secretary at Meeting (uncredited)
Bea Allen
Betty (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
(uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Guard at Janoth Building (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Editor at Conference Table (uncredited)
Harry Anderson
Guard (uncredited)
James Carlisle
Van Spove (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Guard at Janoth Building (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Ice Man (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Tourist (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Man from 'Airways' in Elevator (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Minor Role (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Man at Van Barth's (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Cabby (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Crews
John Farrow
Director
Kenneth Fearing
Novel
Jonathan Latimer
Screenplay
LeRoy Stone
Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Albert Nozaki
Art Direction
Herbert Coleman
Assistant Director
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Richard Maibaum
Producer
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Ross Dowd
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Eda Warren
Supervising Editor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Gordon Jennings
Special Effects
Backdrops & Posters
