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Overview

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Creator:
Irving Vendig
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Release Date:
2 April 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
In the fictional city of Monticello, attorney Mike Karr and his colleagues are involved in solving crimes... more
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 6 wins & 26 nominations more
User Comments:
Did anyone else get freaked out by this plot line? more (16 total)

Cast

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Tony Craig ... Asst. Dist. Atty. Draper Scott / ... (28 episodes, 1975-1981)
Terry Davis ... April Cavanaugh Scott / ... (27 episodes, 1977-1981)

Frances Fisher ... Detective Deborah 'Red' Saxon / ... (23 episodes, 1976-1981)
Margaret Colin ... Paige Madison (21 episodes, 1979)

Kim Hunter ... Nola Madison (aka Martha Cory) / ... (20 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jayne Bentzen ... Nicole Travis Stewart Drake Cavanaugh #2 / ... (19 episodes, 1978-1981)
Denny Albee ... Detective Steve Guthrie / ... (19 episodes, 1976-1980)
Forrest Compton ... Dist. Atty. Mike Karr #3 / ... (17 episodes, 1972-1984)
Joel Crothers ... Dr. Miles Cavanaugh / ... (16 episodes, 1977-1984)
Joe Lambie ... Assistant District Attorney Logan Swift #1 / ... (15 episodes, 1977-1981)
Ann Flood ... Nancy Pollock Karr (14 episodes, 1962-1984)
Lee Godart ... Eliot Dorn (14 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ann Williams ... Margo Huntington Dorn / ... (14 episodes, 1978-1980)
Lew Resseguie ... Sgt. Sam Dwyer / ... (12 episodes, 1980)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Edge of Night (USA) (last season title)
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Runtime:
30 min (7420 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (1956-1967) | Color (1967-1984)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Procter and Gamble moved the series to ABC from CBS, the latter prevented P&G from mentioning which network the show would be moving to. Thus, ads promoting the show's move said it would now be airing on "another network". more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Starsky and Hutch: Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty (#2.23)" (1977) more
Soundtrack:
The Edge Of Night more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Did anyone else get freaked out by this plot line?, 10 November 2005
Author: redsemaphore from Finland

I remember watching this show when I got home from school in the late 70's and early 80's. What stands out most in my mind was a storyline involving the character April Scott. If I recall correctly, she was pregnant and having hallucinations for weeks involving the sound of a train whistle and a shadowy man. When her hallucinations finally ended, there was a really spooky finale scene where Satan (sinister laughter, horns, and all!!!!!) appeared in a cloud of smoke on the balcony of the apartment she shared with Draper. I was terrified for days! You weren't sure whether it meant that Satan had caused her hallucinations, or was just following her around for Halloween, or what, but the fact that a soap opera would use horror movie imagery like this will always make The Edge Of Night something I look back on REALLY fondly! :-)

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