The Razor's Edge

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The Razor's Edge (19-Nov-1946)

Director: Edmund Goulding

Writer: Lamar Trotti

From novel by: W. Somerset Maugham

Music: Alfred Newman

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Keywords: Romantic Drama

Larry Darrell, WWI veteran whose life was spared when another man's was taken, breaks his engagement and embarks on a lengthy global journey to find spiritual meaning. A decade later, his former fiancée, now married, wants him back but he is not the same man he was; another close friend from his past has met repeated misfortune. Anne Baxter won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress; the film received additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Interior Decoration. Remade with Bill Murray as The Razor's Edge (1984).

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Anne Baxter Actor 7-May-1923 12-Dec-1985 The Razor's Edge

Fritz Kortner Actor 12-May-1892 22-Jul-1970 Pandora's Box

Elsa Lanchester Actor 28-Oct-1902 26-Dec-1986 Bride of Frankenstein

Frank Latimore Actor 28-Sep-1925 29-Nov-1998 Shock

Herbert Marshall Actor 23-May-1890 22-Jan-1966 Foreign Correspondent

John Payne Actor 23-May-1912 6-Dec-1989 Kansas City Confidential

Tyrone Power Actor 5-May-1913 15-Nov-1958 Witness for the Prosecution

Gene Tierney Actor 19-Nov-1920 6-Nov-1991 Laura

Lucile Watson Actor 27-May-1879 24-Jun-1962 Watch on the Rhine

Clifton Webb Actor 11-Nov-1889 13-Oct-1966 Laura

CAST

Tyrone Power ... Larry Darrell
Gene Tierney ... Isabel Bradley
John Payne ... Gray Maturin
Anne Baxter ... Sophie MacDonald
Clifton Webb ... Elliott Templeton
Herbert Marshall ... W. Somerset Maugham
with
Lucile Watson ... Louisa Bradley
Frank Latimore ... Bob MacDonald
Elsa Lanchester ... Miss Keith
Fritz Kortner ... Kosti
John Wengraf ... Joseph
Cecil Humphreys ... Holy Man
Harry Pilcer ... Specialty Dancer
Cobina Wright, Sr. ... Princess Novemali

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 20-Jul-2006)

This movie is wonderful. Outstanding perfomances by Clifton Webb, Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. Great settings, Paris, India, Chicago. Loved it. Watched it in July, 2007 and thought the movie held up well even though it was made in 1946. I highly recommend it. Just looking at Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power and their incredible good looks made it special.

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