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Jagged Edge (1985)

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San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires ... See full summary »

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Page Forrester
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Policeman
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Greg Arnold
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Dr. Goldman
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Andrew Hardesty
Sanford Jensen ...
Scott Talbot
Woody Eney ...
Austin Lofton
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Carl Siegal
Sharon Hanian ...
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Sarah Cunningham ...
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San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

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lawyer | murder | heiress | love | beach house | See more »

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There are two sides of this mystery. Murder...And Passion. See more »


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4 October 1985 (USA)  »

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Al filo de la sospecha  »

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$15,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$40,500,000 (USA)
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The typewriter is the exact same one Joe Eszterhas used to type up the script of the film. See more »

Goofs

Sam comes into Teddy's house and asks, "Why are you sitting in the dark?" Teddy is then revealed to be sitting on the floor, almost directly beneath two burning light bulbs. See more »

Quotes

Thomas Krasny: The guy had a rap sheet as long as my dick.
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Tense, entertaining and very well acted!
26 January 2007 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

A very entertaining and much-copied courtroom thriller, classily directed by the man who made Return of the Jedi a couple of years before, and given added punch by a fine, quotable script which is guaranteed to keep you in suspense right until the end. Jeff Bridges gives another great performance as the prime suspect in a murder investigation, the victim being his rich wife. All evidence points to Bridges, but his lawyer (Glenn Close, very good) is not so sure, and her initial reluctance of re-entering the world of criminal defence turns out to be a justified fear as she finds herself falling for her client and becoming unsure of whether he is genuinely guilty or not. Despite being imitated a million times since, this remains a snappily made, very well acted (there's also fine support from Peter Coyote as the case prosecutor and Robert Loggia as a foul-mouthed investigator) and often tense film.


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