Claim: Ray Milland starred in the film The Big Clock.

The Big Clock is a 1948 crime drama film noir directed by John Farrow and adapted by renowned novelist-screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from the novel of the same name by Kenneth Fearing .   The black-and-white film is set in New York City and stars Ray Milland and Maureen O'Sullivan . Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton appear in the film , as does Harry Morgan , in an early film role , listed in the credits as Henry Morgan , as a hired thug . Noel Neill has an uncredited part as an elevator operator very early in the film .