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Writers:
Lamar Trotti (screenplay)
W. Somerset Maugham (novel)
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Release Date:
December 1946 (USA) more
Tagline:
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
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Power-ful Films
(From New York Post. 22 July 2008, 12:49 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Brilliantly cinematic adaptation in the grand Hollywood style more (60 total)
Cast
(Complete credited 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 | |
| Lucile Watson | ... | Louisa Bradley | |
| Frank Latimore | ... | Bob MacDonald | |
| Elsa Lanchester | ... | Miss Keith | |
| Fritz Kortner | ... | Kosti | |
| John Wengraf | ... | Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler | |
| Cecil Humphreys | ... | Holy Man | |
| Harry Pilcer | ... | Specialty Dancer | |
| Cobina Wright Sr. | ... | Princess Novemali |
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Also Known As:
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
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11498) | Sweden:15
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Fox purchased the screen rights to the novel in March 1945 for $250,000 plus 20% of the net profits. To avoid another $50,000 specified in the contract if the principle photography was not started by 2 February 1946, producer Darryl F. Zanuck provided for location shooting in the mountains around Denver, Colorado (the Himalayas in the film) in August 1945. The cast had not yet been set, so the character of Larry was played by a double and seen only in long-shot. Zanuck hoped to get 'Tyrone Power (I)' to star and delayed casting until Power was released from military service in Januay 1946. more
Quotes:
Elliott Templeton: The enjoyment of art is the only remaining ecstasy that's neither immoral nor illegal. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Frère Jacques more
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I discovered this movie only recently and have watched it three times in the last two months. It's the kind of movie that rewards repeated viewings. The story, as others have commented, is moving and inspiring and way ahead of its time, dealing as it does with topics (the philosophical/spiritual quest for meaning in life, alcoholism, psychic healing, class divisions, post-war trauma, greed vs. self sacrifice) that one would expect in a movie taking place in the nineteen sixties rather than one taking place immediately following World War I. It offers the pleasure of Hollywood glamour of a very high order with one spectacular set-piece after another. Over and over, one is amazed at the staging of scenes set at balls, restaurants, night-clubs, Paris streets, factories, etc. Many jaw-dropping, pre-steadycam long takes involve the choreography of dozens of elements, e.g. one long take outside a Paris railway station, or another crane shot in a Paris night club as the camera searches the crowd for the protagonists. Everyone involved with the film seems to be working at his or her peak, from director Goulding to composer Alfred Newman, to all the perfectly cast actors. The screenplay is filled with brilliant cinematic story-telling devices (ironic voice-overs, montage sequences, foreshadowings, symbolism (the use of water and the ocean in so many scenes)that keep a long and complex story moving so smoothly that the two-hour-plus running time is hardly noticed at all. The cinematography by someone named Arthur Miller is gorgeous with lighting effects and moving camerawork that rank in the pantheon of Hollywood's visual creations. This is a great film.