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Director:
Writers:
Lamar Trotti (screenplay)
W. Somerset Maugham (novel)
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Release Date:
December 1946 (USA) more
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Hunger no love . . . woman . . . or wealth could satisfy!
Plot:
A adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
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Power-ful Films
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a coming of age film more (60 total)

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W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
145 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Christopher Isherwood and Henry Channon are considered by many Maugham biographers to be the inspiration for the characters of Larry Darrell and Elliott Templeton. more
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Elliott Templeton: The enjoyment of art is the only remaining ecstasy that's neither immoral nor illegal. more
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Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997) (TV) more
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I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles more

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31 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
a coming of age film, 5 February 2001
10/10
Author: blanche-2 from United States

This film, and the book on which it is based, made strong impressions on me in my youth, but even more so now that I am past middle age. A magnificent cast - Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Herbert Marshall, help to tell the story of a man who walks "in another man's shoes" -- and totally to his own drummer -- after the first world war. In his quest for spirituality and goodness, he is at odds with the materialism and obsession around him. The different layers of "The Razor's Edge" demand attention: Larry's physical desire for Isabel, a woman it turns out he doesn't even know; Isabel's cold-heartedness and desire to possess Larry; and Larry's search for the meaning of life, while the people he loves disintegrate around him from lack of values or hope. These are all seen through the eyes of Somerset Maugham, played by Marshall. Larry's final confrontation scene with Isabel (Tierney) about Sophie (Baxter) is bone-chilling -- Power, who had a tendency to be sometimes stiff and a bit removed from his material, uses that flaw to excellent advantage as Larry Darrell. It's not a showy role, but he's wonderful, and he's reading of poetry in Sophie's room is unforgettable.

Highly recommended.

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