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The Big Clock
First edition (1946)
AuthorKenneth Fearing
Cover artistRoger
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
Published1946
PublisherHarcourt, Brace and Company
Media typePrint (Hardcover)

The Big Clock is a 1946 novel by Kenneth Fearing. Published by Harcourt Brace, the thriller was Fearing's fourth novel, following three for Random House (The Hospital, Dagger of the Mind, Clark Gifford's Body) and five collections of poetry. The story, which first appeared in abridged form in The American Magazine (October 1946) as "The Judas Picture", was adapted for three films: The Big Clock (1948) starring Ray Milland, Police Python 357 (1976) starring Yves Montand, and No Way Out (1987) starring Kevin Costner.

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