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The Razor's Edge 1946

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 145 min

genre: drama

theme: film noir

director: Edmund Goulding

Score: 5 / 10

The Razor's Edge is a 1946 American drama film based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel of the same name. It stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, and Herbert Marshall, with a supporting cast including Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, and Elsa Lanchester. Marshall plays Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by Edmund Goulding.

Plot

Elliott Templeton, an American expatriate living in France, returns to the United States after the Great War. His niece Isabel is engaged to marry Larry Darrell, recently returned from the war. Traumatized by his war service, Larry is uninterested in working to support Isabel and plans to live on a $3,000 annual inheritance. Larry and Isabel postpone their wedding so he can go to Paris to discover the meaning of life.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Cast

More details

author	Lamar Trotti
award	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
contentLocation	Toulon
director	Edmund Goulding
editor	J. Watson Webb Jr.
genre	drama
keywords	coal mine dead daughter dead husband deathbed defrock defrocked priest engage family business great war himalaya himalayan horilka meaning of life millionaire murder nice opium den persovka spiritual awareness stock market crash stock market crash of 1929 the meaning of life tramp steamer traumatize w. somerset maugham war trauma wedding dress world war i
musicBy	Alfred Newman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
recordedAt	Colorado
theme	film noir